Re: sudoers vs admin group

2013-05-04 Thread Dan Ritter
On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 04:10:41PM -0500, Michael wrote: > Is there any (significant) difference between editing (adding a user > to) the _/etc/sudoers_ file and adding a person to the _admin > group?_ Am I comparing apples and oranges? Yes, it's different. The admin group is a normal UNIX grou

Re: sudoers vs admin group

2013-04-30 Thread Bob Proulx
Michael wrote: > Is there any (significant) difference between editing (adding a user > to) the _/etc/sudoers_ file and adding a person to the _admin > group?_ Am I comparing apples and oranges? There is no default "admin" group. I think you are referring to the "sudo" group. (There is an "adm

Re: sudoers vs admin group

2013-04-30 Thread Aidan Gauland
Jean-Marc writes: > Michael wrote: >> Is there any (significant) difference between editing (adding a user to) >> the _/etc/sudoers_ file and adding a person to the _admin group?_ Am I >> comparing apples and oranges? > Usually, groups are used on GNU/Linux for access control, to control a

Re: sudoers vs admin group

2013-04-30 Thread Jean-Marc
On Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:10:41 -0500 Michael wrote: Hi Michael, > Is there any (significant) difference between editing (adding a user to) > the _/etc/sudoers_ file and adding a person to the _admin group?_ Am I > comparing apples and oranges? Usually, groups are used on GNU/Linux for access con