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Article #13Re: PRIVACY
From: Pandy Holmberg
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 09:02
Date: Tue, 04 Aug 1992 09:02
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In article <1992Jul31.180107.2263@midway.uchicago.edu> h309@ellis.uchicago.edu (Unknown Author) writes:
-> If root suspected a user of some foul play, such as a trojan horse login
-> program, etc. Does root have the right to look through the user's
-> directory without the user's permission? It would kinda be like rummaging
-> through a person's house without a search warrant....
No, it wouldn't. Root usually has read rights to all files
in the computer. This way, they aren't "private" or "locked"
from the root's point of view.
(Of course, this doesn't mean root should read them unless,
as in this case, a crime is suspected.)
I would say it would be like rummaging through a person's house
WITH a search warrant...
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Newsgroups: comp.admin.policy Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!news.funet.fi!funic!nntp.hut.fi!nntp!Pandy From: Pandy@hut.fi (Pandy Holmberg) Subject: Re: PRIVACY In-Reply-To: h309@ellis.uchicago.edu's message of Fri, 31 Jul 1992 18:01:07 GMT Message-ID: <PANDY.92Aug4090223@vipunen.hut.fi> Sender: usenet@nntp.hut.fi (Usenet pseudouser id) Nntp-Posting-Host: vipunen.hut.fi Reply-To: pandy@hut.fi Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Computing Center References: <1992Jul31.180107.2263@midway.uchicago.edu> Date: 4 Aug 92 09:02:23 Lines: 21