Re: Power Users, AntiSpyware & CriticalUpdates

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2005-09-06 David Glosser wrote:
> > Power users are not really an improvement, as they still have far too
> > many privileges to achieve actual security. Make your users normal
> > users if possible. Otherwise don't bother. Making them power users
> > isn't worth the time you'll spend on it.
>
> If you have an app which doesn't work as a regular user, you can run
> utilities (I believe "regmon" and "filemon") to see what directories
> and registry entries need to be opened up.

Yes. I should have mentioned that. If anyone is interested: I have a
(very basic) HOWTO about this stuff on my homepage [1].

[1] http://www.planetcobalt.net/sdb/submission.shtml

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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erase the hard disk, then reinstall Mac OS X and your backed up files."
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