>>> Brian Kelsay 08/18/04 10:46PM >>> > This is why you don't run as root. If you put your >user ID in the root group, you're asking for it. I'd say that Java or >flash, possibly C payloads could be delivered in this manner and have >code to distinguish what environment they are in. On a Debian based system, you put your user in the wheel group that allows you to "su" to root, but you still need the root password. Gentoo has a similar group for this purpose. ---------------------------------------------- Somewhere there is a village missing an idiot. Brian Kelsay