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04-21-2009, 08:59 PM
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Jaguar
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Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: New York City
Posts: 67
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Dies
Yeah, it's not like a simple shell script could wipe out your entire drive on the next restart.... oh, wait... 
Aside from the fact that you're completely wrong and anyone can install anything they please once they get someone to type in their root pass. |
I was talking from a damage-to-the-system perspective (if I make sense) because even the Mac trojans that are out there really don't do much damage anyway... But yes, authentification is required to run scripts that require administrative access.
Most people don't know for what they type their passwords in half of the time (remember, the general Apple consumer is not that tech savvy if at all) and just do it automatically.
Lenovo D20 8 Core Thinkstation:
[Intel 5520 Motherboard | Two Intel Xeon E5504 @ 2GHz | 4GB DDR3 RAM | Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.3 (running in full LP64!) | nVidia Quadro FX 580 Dual HDMI + DVI 512 MB| DVD +RW DL]
iBook G4:
[14" Mid 2005 | 1 GB RAM | 80 GB HDD | SuperDrive | Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.5]
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