Shall we support the autorun feature?

tiiim dlist at ubuntuforums.org
Tue Jan 4 05:30:08 CST 2005


nocturn Wrote: 
> It's good that you bring this up.
> 
> I also favor disabling this.   Some users may like this, but I see it
> as a major security hole that a script gets executed without explicitly
> calling it.
> 
> If this is enabled by default, it will be easy to create malware that
> executes something like rm -rf $HOME....
disable my default for security issues but maybe leave an option? your
right about the dialog box but maybe again have an option having that
option for those who want that feature? but yeah deff disable by
default for security issues at least and until GNOME or someone can
make a "failsafe - secuirty tight" autorun leave it off mo the moment.


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tiiim



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