Phil Brutsche wrote:
sudo rocks, btw. It should be standard equipment on any and all
Linux/unix systems. But only on OpenBSD is that so :(
Fyi, MacOS X public beta ships with sudo as well.
jpb
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Joe Block [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 10:50:17PM -0600, Phil Brutsche wrote:
There's also the side benefit that you can give limited root access to
people you only sorta trust with administrative duties, especially since
you don't need to give out the root password anymore :)
its actually very limited
Quoth kmself@ix.netcom.com,
I use a fairly liberal sudoers setting for my personal account. Yes,
this means that I'm usually only a few keystrokes away from being
root -- but that's what I'm after. And a password is still required.
I'm of the same opinion with regard to sudo. Basically, if
Quoth Damon Muller,
Quoth kmself@ix.netcom.com,
I use a fairly liberal sudoers setting for my personal account. Yes,
this means that I'm usually only a few keystrokes away from being
root -- but that's what I'm after. And a password is still required.
I'm of the same opinion with
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Damon Muller wrote:
Without actually knowing your password, which sudo requires, having
your account *isn't* equivalent to having root.
It's certainly possible to build a rootkit style setup which would be
suitable for converting a privileged account into root.
What if I
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
I'm of the same opinion with regard to sudo. Basically, if you're the
sort of person who never passes your password over the network in
plaintext (ie., ssh, apop, etc.), then it's unlikely
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