Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld)

Posted Mar 25, 2007 21:58 UTC (Sun) by rqosa (subscriber, #24136)
In reply to: Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld) by h2
Parent article: Living (and dying) with Linux in the workplace (ComputerWorld)

> At worst your home data will get slightly broken, that's about it.

That's worse than changing root-owned files; whereas damage to files from the distribution's packages can be undone by reinstalling, files in my home directory will be gone forever unless I have a backup copy. What's more, if it can change files in my home directory, doesn't that mean it can also read them and send them out? Also, couldn't it change .xsession or .bash_profile so that it is run upon every login?