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Thaidog
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 Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: What privilege level does firefox run at? |
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What privilege level does firefox run at? I guess that is a bit of a trick question but I know Vista has clouded things in my mind. I'm guessing at the privilege level of the user running it... but if it's a so-called "default / normal user" it at that level... ?
(Just wondering about the security level of firefox "out of the box" on Gentoo.) Got to better than Ubuntu 
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| As you guessed, the same level as the user running it. |
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| Does it ask you for the root password? No? It's running as the user it was started by. |
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| Monkeh wrote: | | Does it ask you for the root password? No? It's running as the user it was started by. |
HAHAHA!
I hope no one would ever tell their web browser the root password.
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| coolsnowmen wrote: | | Monkeh wrote: | | Does it ask you for the root password? No? It's running as the user it was started by. |
HAHAHA!
I hope no one would ever tell their web browser the root password. |
If you think that's bad... did you know if you don't set a master password on Firefox all your passwords you use can be viewed remotely?
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