You sudo something, it asks for your password You do it again soon after, it doesn't ask. So somehow it remembers you. Definitely more trouble, and probably opens some holes for nasties, if it also remembers which version of you. That's without knowing enough to have an opinion.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Feustel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Otto Moerbeek; misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Sudo > > > On Saturday 11 February 2006 11:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > man sudo for starters. > > (actually that's quite enough even for a noob like me) > > (even a very out of date linux is enough) > > sheesh > > Actually --with-tickets is not mentioned in sudo. > (I was sent '--with-tickets' info off-list by a helpful person.) > I found out via a google search on 'tickets sudo' about > the behavior I had discovered and reported. Then after Otto > let me know how pathetic my post was, I went back to man sudo > but found nothing about tickets or about sudo being active in > all shells. There may be something in the sudo man page that > describes this behavior, but I haven't spotted it yet. > My reading skills must be deteriorating. > > > -- > Lose, v., experience a loss, get rid of, "lose the weight" > Loose, adj., not tight, let go, free, "loose clothing"
