Kelly Clowers <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 23:20, Andrei Popescu <[email protected]> > wrote: >> On Du, 14 nov 10, 20:54:42, Bob Proulx wrote: >>> >>> And if 'sudo' isn't configured for you then that is the first thing >>> that you will want to do. :-) >>> >>> # visudo >>> rob ALL=(ALL) ALL >> >> What's wrong with su? > > It is the The Wrong Way(TM), because it involves giving everyone the > root password > and unlimited authority, and it has very little in the way of logging.
Doesn't the 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' line give the user unlimited authority anyways? Is there any security benefit to logging in as a user with unlimited sudo access over just logging in as root? I don't see the point of sudo *except* to allow fine-grained control to select programs to select users. Using it to provide open access seems counter-productive. t -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
