> On a single-user computer there's not a whole lot of value in > preventing yourself from being able to destroy other user's > work - which is what you get from the effort of not having > admin privilages all the time. If you can destroy stuff you can do it by accident, or through a software bug, or a misunderstanding. > Also, if you really think there are security bugs lurking in the > programs you are running, The biggest security hole is sitting in front of the computer, and unlike the others that one is *very* hard to fix. Policy and tools have to reflect that as the systems get more secure the bad guys will move their attacks to the next weakest link - the user. Alan