From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: sn00born Subject: help, root overpowered ? Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 02:30:32 +0700 Message-ID: <4288F4D8.8050609@telkom.net> Reply-To: sn00bb0rn@telkom.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Dear all, I am a newbie. I play with linux CLI now (using chmod and chown). It seems to me that if I am using su -as root- I can use all directories and files that I -by my own setting- not allowed. For instance I have set chown 700 to some files and folder as a normal user. I think it will prevent anyone else using it (even root). But when as root I can still read the content of thet file. My question is, is that a normal in *nix world ? I imagine how powerfull an computer administrator of a company will be. He can read *all sensitive data* that beyond his level. Please tell me, and point me where my understanding of this matter that was wrong. Sorry for the unproper English. Thank you very much in advance. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs