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The fact that most Windows users run as Administrator doesn't help. Using root in Unix-like systems is frowned upon unless absolutely necessary is one of the ba
by alex_anglin 12y ago
The fact that most Windows users run as Administrator doesn't help. Using root in Unix-like systems is frowned upon unless absolutely necessary is one of the basic security advantages Unix-like systems have.
- unscaled 12y agoThat hasn't been true for the vast majority Enterprise environments for the last decade or so, and even before for places which dumped the the Windows 9x lineage earlier. Even home users on anything beyond XP rarely run with default Administrator privileges anymore, although they're still a click away for most users, through UAC. Curiously enough, while Linux power users frown upon running as root, in Windows it's usually the power users who choose to disable UAC, although it's less bothersome than sudo (no password needed).