Thread: Are there Maemo viruses? Is anti-virus software available or necessary?
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Darkshine is offline Darkshine
2010-01-25 , 10:55
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#79
Originally Posted by MrWeasel View Post
But: on almost every n900 root access is available via 'sudo gainroot' WITHOUT password. So I do actually see a security hole there and I wish there was a away to restrict root access with a password as usual (at least there is no way I know about).
I don't get why bog-standard sudo isn't implemented?

EDIT: Oh, of course I do - you can't have one-click install if you have a root password..