On Monday 08 Aug 2011, Robert Isaac wrote: > On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 12:32 PM, Karl Schmidt <k...@xtronics.com> wrote: > > What groups does a desktop power-user need to belong to? > > Does it really matter when any user that has the root password can > gain root privileges thanks to gnu su's inability to limit root > privileges to a specific group?
The idea is, by cunning use of groups, never to have to give out the root password in the first place. -- AJS delta echo bravo six four at earthshod dot co dot uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201108081605.07207.de...@earthshod.co.uk
