On Sun, Aug 28, 2005 at 06:58:37PM -0400, Michael Spang wrote: > Ian wrote: > > >I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you > >want that? > > > > > > > No, sudo allows root privileges on a per-user, per-command, and per-host > basis.
Yes -- but I would be careful when granting permissions with sudo. If the user will run any program that is able to edit (or even overwrite) files, then he'll be able to change /etc/passwd, or /etc/sudoers. If he will install packages, he will be able to configure packages too, possibly giving him more privileges than I'd want him to have... If he is able to use a front-end to some application that is able to edit files, then he's already root. I think this has been said here before, but since the original poster asked, and since I didn't see anyone mentioning this in the thread, I thought it would be good to mention it. Anyway -- it's a good idea to have sysadmins use sudo when you want to know who exactly did what, as someone else posted. J. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
