DZ-Jay said: >Quotes from the response: >"Explain to me how this is a MacOS specific bug? I can duplicate this >behavior on my debian linux machine." My reponse to that is, who cares? A Macintosh security problem isn't less of a problem if it affects computers other than the Macintosh. Nothing in the response indicates that this isn't a serious security problem or that using this security hole a Trojan cannot gain root access without user authentication. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html