> -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Post, Mark K > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 12:33 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Will SUDO work for every admin task? > > > If you give your system administrators the ability to "sudo > su - " then > absolutely. Most, if not all of the tasks I've ever needed to execute > on SUSE and Red Hat via their tools prompt for the root password if > you're not logged in as root. That's just about as good, since you're > only doing what you need to do as root, and then you're > reverted back to > a non-privileged state. > > > Mark Post
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