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Windows moment

If you're on windows this means you don't own the file. Go to properties security and take ownership.

The default windows configuration is aimed at old people who will call tech support when they fuck up their PC.

You can take ownership of pretty much the entire filesystem.

Windows is actually hugely customizable people just don't.

I am Root!

Me trying to uninstall edge

My work laptop had a pop-up from an application that basically said "we couldn't restart last time, so you e got 15 minutes until we reboot your computer" with no way to cancel or prevent the reboot.

Me: the fuck you are

* proceeds to kill the service and process from admin command line*

Get fucked fortinet, I'll reboot when I'm gods damned ready

One time Windows told me I needed admin privileges to edit s file. I had admin privileges.

had a friend that was having problems with his PC and windows kept bitching about he didn't have permissions. he ripped out the harddrive with it still powered on and threw it off his balcony into the lake screaming, "I fucking own you!"

epic moment in my life to witness such an event.

EZ fix i learnt from hunter2

chmod 777 -R /

sudo ufw allow 22

hunter2 ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Can't shutdown there is a running program

/Me finger immediately goes to the power switch

To own something is to control it.

You clearly don't have control, therefore you don't own it, microsoft does. You can fix that by seizing the means of computation and install linux.

sudo chown....

This fuckin line

Childhood me: "Whats he mean by that?"

My parents: "[explains slavery]"

Me: ...

Them: ...

Thanks, Disney!

I still love the soundtrack.

"TakeOwnership Registry Hack" PSA. It just werks.

Is there a technical reason that Linux apps can't/don't just pop up an authenticator thing asking for more privileges like Windows apps can do? Why does nano just say that the file is unwriteable instead of letting me increase the privileges?

I own you!
take ownership & full access of all resources
threat actor exploits a vulnerable application that is (1) running as you to (2) access resources it doesn't need: they commandeer your system
how did that happen?

🤔

sudo stinking effer!

sudo chown <username> <file>

chmod 700 <file>

Don’t see a problem ;) /s

Ah ah ah! You didn’t say the magic word!

sudo edit the file!

…

Ah ah ah! You didn’t say the secret word right after!

Think about this: let’s say you run a program. Do you want that program to be able to take over the computer and read all your files from now on and send the data to a remote third party?

Probably not.

Permissions were created to stop programs from doing that. By running most software without admin permissions you limit the scope of the damage the software can cause. Software you trust even less should be run with even fewer permissions than a normal user account.

The system is imperfect though. A capability-based system is better. It allows the user to control which specific features of the operating system a running program is allowed to access. For example, a program may request access to location services in order to access your GPS coordinates. You can deny this to prevent the program from tracking you without otherwise preventing the software from running.

"takeown /f c: icacls c:" changed my life. Windows literally has trusted installer listed as owning most of your hard drive on every fresh install, but that is negotiable. at least for the stuff you need.

Visual representation of the first time I ever saw "owner: nobody"