Longhorn To Use Unix-like User Permissions

[Christopher]

From the almighty Slashdot:

"After years of Windows users abusing administrative accounts out of necessity, Microsoft promises that Longhorn will make better use of user permissions in what sounds exactly like what UNIX/Linux users have been doing for years. Hopefully this will fix the long list of applcations that cannot be run by a Least-Privilege User Account (LUA) while giving a much-needed security boost. Too bad "MS-root" can't watch over your grandmother when she opens emails."

Now this is definitely a step in the right direction. One of the major issues of Windows is that most people are on administrative accounts, giving programs free access to anything on the computer, i.e. that's why there are a bajillion trojans out there. *nix has a thing called permissions, it's really a brilliant notion. Whilst this will probably be a moot endeavor and Windows will be just as susceptible then as it is now, it's better than nothing. Everyone doesn't need root.

[jadeclaw]

One of the major issues of Windows is that most people are on administrative accounts, giving programs free access to anything on the computer [...]

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And then you have dumbheads like Sony, who seem to be mentally unable to create a SonicStage Version,

that doesn't need Administrative privileges to run, despite the fact, that the necessary API is there since NT3.51.

*GRMPF*

[Breepee2]

Actually I think Windows already has OK security options. The thing is nobody uses them. A good set of software won't even install/run unless you're an administrator. The fact that all users a made administrator by default also doesn't help.

Current NTFS permissions and usermanagement actually are quite nice, I you take the effort to configure.