On 22/09/14 08:46, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 12:52:18 +0100, Joe User wrote:

On 21/09/14 12:04, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 11:28:31 +0100, Joe User wrote:

On 21/09/14 10:31, Joe User wrote:
On 21/09/14 10:29, Uncle Peter wrote:
On Sun, 21 Sep 2014 10:23:03 +0100, Joe User wrote:

snip, snip, snip

I don't call the requirement for an admin password a security hole. It
depends on whether the machine is personal or public whether you'd want
one.

I do, most certainly, a gaping hole, particularly on a public computer
which as I have explained several times now is the situation I have to
deal with. I'm new to Windows 'security' as you can all probably tell so
this has come as quite a surprise to me. Now I know it's there I can
deal with it, I just wish I didn't have to. In circa 20 years of
installing and configuring *nix based systems I can't remember having
ever been presented with the opportunity to create any sort of
adminstrator (or sudoer) account without supplying some sort of
verifying credentials first.

I'm probably going to post a resume of what I have discovered so far, I
just need to triple check my facts.

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Not confused, just ... bewildered