Re: Can Administrator users be removed

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From: Holger Pollmann (hihp_at_uboot.com)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: 27 Feb 2005 12:41:29 GMT

"Sherrie Gentry" <shegens@yahoo.com> schrieb:

> OK, I'll leave it. There actually is no security risk here
> because it's on my personal PC and I'm the only one here.

Yes, it IS a security leak. E.g. a virus that gets onto your computer
will be able to do anythign with administrative privileges, whereas a
virus that only has normal user priviliges can't mess aroudn with
important things like your system directory.

> I don't know how I ended up with two user accounts since I'm the
> only user. It seems like I had that in XP also.

The Administrator account is automatically created as the main
Administrator account, and after that, the installation process at some
point makes you create at least one "normal" user. The fact that this
normal user gets administrative rights doesn't change anythign about
the main Admin user.

> [Fullquote snipped]

Btw, it's easier to read if you put your response BELOW the quote (and
cut the quote to only the parts you are actually responding to). 

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