Machewy

I notice that in windows I can pretty much...
open any file I want to
read any file I want to
write to any file I want to
delete any file I want to

However, I notice that Linux is very secure with it's files that it doesn't grant permission for one to examine. Of course, me being very ambitious, I had to find a way to override it.

I programmed like 45 different programs, and none of them worked.

Here is the situation:

I am located at: /home/matt
My sister's is at: /home/lizardbreath

Let's say that I want to access a text file called mybigsecret.txt

How in the world is it promatically possible, without me just typing in my root password?
Note: it's my computer!

Does anyone know if it is?

Best Regards,
Matt.

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XSquared

>>How secure is Linux's secured files?
How secure are Linux's secured files?

I doubt that it's possible without root access. If there were flaws like that, the open-source community probably would have patched them up pretty darn quick.

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linuxdude

if you want to open it you should become root and chmod it or chown it or chgrp it man those three for info. If Linux let you do stuff like that then it would be as secure as Microsoft
If you want to open/read/write any file you want just become root and run around as that(JUST KIDDING HIGHLY UNSTABLE) You could accidently delete something you don't want to. Here is what I accidently did while I ran around as root(learned my lesson) I had a file called / on accident. Naturally I did
rm / -rf. Of course that deletes root directory. I sould've done
rm \/ -f Always being root is not a good thing. Why do you think it is so secure

-=SoKrA=-

>>without me just typing in my root password?
Try a local root exploit that would give you root-level access. That's just a way around the su'ing into root, since you are really the superuser.

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Jaguar

Note that you also need "excute bit on" for the directory, files reside. Kinda "drwxrwxrwx".
[edit] If you are not a root

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thecrazycoerian

How in the world is it possible that an OPEN SOURCE OS has so much security... Means when it is possible to HACK a Closed SOurce.. then why in this world, an Open SOurce still prevails UNHACKED...

When the whole Source is known to a person, can't he find a way out of getting access to the files..I suppose that is possible..

The key aspect of the whole security of Linux is probably just a myth that LINUX is most Secured OS in the World... although I am sure that it offers a higher level of security than does a CLosed Source like WINDOWS.

A really amusing aspect...

Don't u guys Agree with me...

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XSquared

>>When the whole Source is known to a person, can't he find a way out of getting access to the files..I suppose that is possible..
No, because when most people find an exploit like that, they patch it up, and let the community know.

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linuxdude

If you mean look at the source and figure a way into root then that is impossible. Or if you mean look at the encryption algorythm and figure out how to decrypt it, then you are wrong again. Not every encryption has a decryption. Linux is the most secure OS nothing around it