Strange question

SpriteMidr

Active Member
With Unix based systems, even as a home user, you will tend to not use an administrator/root account for general purpose computer usage, instead you will be in one of the groups/users entries in the sudo-ers file to allow you to access root.

On Windows, I know you have the administrator account which is locked unless you run:
Code:
net user administrator /active:yes
shutdown /l /t 0
...but you still tend to have an administrator account for daily business. This kind of defeats the object of being able to log in via UAC to an elevated user...surely?

Is there any benefit of enabling the administrator user and then using a standard account for normal stuff, or will it make installation of applications pig-awkward when you do need administrator access?

Thanks
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
I think the main difference is that you'll either have to right click and 'run as' an admin user (or log out and log into admin).

Uac kind of functions like *nix systems such as gnome or KDE prompting for your password when running elevated commands (much like sudo without nopasswd). It's a bit more lame though since everyone automatically just clicks yes on everything though.

You should get uac prompts for admin level tasks when logged in as admin, which adds a small layer of security when rolling an admin account 24/7.
 

SpriteMidr

Active Member
Would it be a better idea as to just running as an admin user in general? Or it is an overkill for a pc only I use?
 

beers

Moderator
Staff member
I'd probably liken it to using root or an account with sudo nopasswd 24/7. If you aren't retarded it should be alright. :cool:
 
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