On Thu, 30 Oct 2003, Monique Y. Herman wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Oct 2003 at 15:52 GMT, Kent West penned: > > I echo Colin's thought. Forget about "su" and use "sudo". It takes an > > extra 5 keystrokes per command, but it "just works", and in my opinion > > is better than forgetting you're root and doing something you don't > > want to do. > > > > apt-get install sudo visudo, add yourself a line similar to what's > > already there sudo command_to_be_run_as_root > > > > People keep talking about sudo like it's the cat's meow, and maybe for a > single-user system it is. But sudo documentation very explicitly warns > that, if you're not careful about what you allow, you could accidentally > allow access to far more than you expected. Hi Monique, like you said, you need to read the docs for muli-user systems. Sudo can be setup to allow not just specific commands but a specific command with specific parameters. ('ls' vs 'ls -l') -Kev > > Anyway, go ahead and use sudo, but be aware of the possible security > issues. > > (Of course, it's by definition safer than just giving someone the root > password. I'm just saying, don't think it solves 100% of security > issues.) > > -- > monique > PLEASE don't CC me. Please. Pretty please with sugar on top. > Whatever it takes, just don't CC me! I'm already subscribed!! (if anyone knows how to tell pine to do this, let me know, I hate having to delete the 'to') > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]