[solved]Newbie question on permissions

[William Stephens]

On Sat, 2006-04-01 at 21:51 +0100, Daniel Carrera wrote:
> William Stephens wrote:
> > I understand why sudo makes sense. I guess my concerns come from stuff I
> > have read on the internet that viruses and what not don't do a whole lot
> > of harm except to your home directories cause of permissions, I was just
> > wondering if the root terminal or apps as root could endanger system
> > files?
> 
> If someone writes a Linux virus (difficult) and you open it with an app 
> running as root, or run it from a root terminal, it could destroy your 
> entire system. Otherwise, the most it can destroy is your home.
> 
> If you have a terminal open as root, but run the virus on a different 
> terminal as a regular user, your system files are safe.
> 
> I'm not sure if that answered your question...

Yep. Thanks Again

William S.