Personally, I don't think the message is enough. Low information users will just click and installation begins.
My technique makes they enter the password for the privileged account. That should slow someone down and make they question WHY they need to authenticate to perform an action.
Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't think you are prompted for a password if you are using a privilege account. You just get a dialog that asks if you want to use your permissions.
Originally Posted By: Donald
Originally Posted By: javacontour
I still go back to the question of how many MS security issues are due to giving admin rights to the first/only user of the machine?
Install your machine, create an admin user, check your admin user to make sure the new account works. Demote your everyday user account to a regular account.
Hard to install most malware etc if you are not doing day to day work with a privileged account.
I limit the time I spend as root on Solaris and Linux boxes. Most of the time I'm simply a regular user.
Do that and stay current on patches and updates and you probably won't face many issues.
I believe this is pretty much what WIn 7 does forcing a msg requesting permission to change the operating system.
My technique makes they enter the password for the privileged account. That should slow someone down and make they question WHY they need to authenticate to perform an action.
Maybe I'm wrong. But I don't think you are prompted for a password if you are using a privilege account. You just get a dialog that asks if you want to use your permissions.
Originally Posted By: Donald
Originally Posted By: javacontour
I still go back to the question of how many MS security issues are due to giving admin rights to the first/only user of the machine?
Install your machine, create an admin user, check your admin user to make sure the new account works. Demote your everyday user account to a regular account.
Hard to install most malware etc if you are not doing day to day work with a privileged account.
I limit the time I spend as root on Solaris and Linux boxes. Most of the time I'm simply a regular user.
Do that and stay current on patches and updates and you probably won't face many issues.
I believe this is pretty much what WIn 7 does forcing a msg requesting permission to change the operating system.
