From: "Rod Gasson" 


"Bob Lawrence" 
wrote in message
news:1087061543{at}p12.f610.n712.z3.ftn...

>  Even so, in Linux *if* a hacker gets access to the /etc directory he
> can do almost as much damage.

You really need to take a look at the file permissions for the /etc
directory Bob. As a general rule this is a world writable directory, and it
is ALWAYS a world readable directory.

In short, the DIRECTORY itself offers no security whatsoever.

Any security for anything in this directory is on a per-file basis, so even
if you do liken this directory to the Windoze registry it isn't like you'll
be giving the hackers access to everything on the system.

Rgds,
Rod





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