Linux security

[Daniel Carrera]

Peter Garrett wrote:
> Does the diversity of desktops and window managers offer any protection? I
> was thinking, if you want to add something to a start-up script, do you
> put it in ~/.gnomerc, ~/.xsession, ~/.xinitrc, ~/.kde/Autostart/foo.sh ,
> ~/.bashrc  :
> - or just put one in each? 

I'd put one in each.

BTW, ~/.bashrc would not hit me because I use zsh :-)
I think ~/.bashrc is not the best place because the least technical 
users are unlikely to ever run bash.

> Would it not be likely that someone who looks at the contents of their
> $HOME regularly would notice such an addition? I admit that the
> average user would be unlikely to notice, though.

Because these are . files, I don't think I'd notice at all. And I 
certainly don't look inside any of those files, ever.

Cheers,
Daniel.
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