We use sudo also to get a logging of all system activities performed,
so we try to stay away from 'sudo su -' or running private shell
scripts under sudo. One of the gotchas I ran into is starting and
stoppping of services, but you can do that as
sudo su -c '/etc/init.d/named restart'
I can not
On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 11:06:33AM -0600, Dave Myers wrote:
> Just curious...will SUDO work for ALL zLinux admin tasks (SuSE and Redhat)
> ?
> Or, is root ID needed for certain tasks?
I haven't encountered anything that can't be done via sudo.
There are poorly written scripts out there that may c
June 07, 2005 2:09 PM
To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU
Subject: Re: Will SUDO work for every admin task?
-snip-
What is the difference between:
sudo su -
and
sudo bash -l
??
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Probably nothing, if root's default shell is bash.
Mark Post
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Wh
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> If you give your system ad
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From: Linux on 390 Port
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Sent: 6/7/05 1:32 PM
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
o
ce 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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Dave Myers
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Just curious...will SUDO work for ALL zLinux admin tasks (SuSE and Redhat)
?
Or, is root ID needed for certain tasks?
Thanks,
Dave
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