Comment by embedding-shape
2 months ago
Or, learn your local OS' permission system, have it in a directory right next to your banking credentials (or something even more outrageous) and nothing could go wrong even if you tried to.
2 months ago
Or, learn your local OS' permission system, have it in a directory right next to your banking credentials (or something even more outrageous) and nothing could go wrong even if you tried to.
This very thread was an example where it unintentionally got root access though.
Because of how Docker works, not because of how Unix permissions work.
Unix has always had incredibly weak protections between users. You shouldn't rely on it as a security boundary. Think of it as a "keep honest users honest" protection. And llms are not honest.
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That's a terrible distinction to make on a topic about how the coding agent gained root inadvertently.