On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 09:45:05PM +, Glyn Astill wrote:
> > 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' is no more dangerous than having the 'su' binary
> > available.
> >
> > The NOPASSWD option is not the default.
>
> No. For su they'd have to enter the root password, for sudo su they'd
> just have to enter the passw
Hi,
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 03:03:23AM -0500, dwain wrote:
> hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
> play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
> can't sudo into root. i can get into the synaptic package manager with the
> root p
On 2009-05-22_18:19:19, dwain wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>
Hi, dwain
I went back in the archives and read your original post. It is pretty
clear to me from that post that you are a single user working on your
own computer. There is no sysadmin to help or
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:19 PM, dwain wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
>>
>> > i too was disappointed. i tried su and authentication failed. how do i
>> > update my system without being able to log in as root?
>> >
>> > now i don't mind a spirited discussio
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 07:09:17PM -0400, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 05:50:28PM -0500, dwain wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
> >
[snip]
>
> A last resort would be:
>
> 1.physically disconnect the box from the network.
> 2.boot a live CD
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 6:09 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote:
> > i too was disappointed. i tried su and authentication failed. how do i
> > update my system without being able to log in as root?
> >
> > now i don't mind a spirited discussion on the pros and cons of sudo vs.
> su,
> > but my origina
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 05:50:28PM -0500, dwain wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
>
> > I was a little disappointed being called out on my suggestions in my
> > original post. Obviously the person isn’t a sys admin and from my
> > understanding the whole purpose of sudo is s
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:16 PM, George wrote:
> I was a little disappointed being called out on my suggestions in my
> original post. Obviously the person isn’t a sys admin and from my
> understanding the whole purpose of sudo is so the user only has root
> privileges for that given command inst
In Friday 22 May 2009, Glyn wrote:
>--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> Glyn Astill wrote:
>> > ALL=(All) ALL is a bad idea.
>>
>> Um, no. With 'ALL=(ALL) ALL' they would still have to
>> type in their
>> password unless they had recently given their
>> credentials. If you want
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
> Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, 22 May, 2009, 9:20 PM
> In <857394.80354...@web23608.mail.ird.
In <857394.80354...@web23608.mail.ird.yahoo.com>, Glyn Astill wrote:
>--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>> It's not equivalent to running as root, since (a) you have
>> to prefix
>> privileged operations with "sudo", (b) you have to re-auth
>> such actions by
>> entering your pass
--- On Fri, 22/5/09, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
> From: Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
> Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Date: Friday, 22 May, 2009, 8:14 PM
> In <20090522183807.ga16...@marksh
In <78582fa40905221202r3efedabege566a47c61144...@mail.gmail.com>, S Scharf
wrote:
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer <
>subscriber+deb...@markshroyer.com
>wrote:
>> It *would* be safer to use neither su nor sudo, and only have root log
>> in on a separate, secure console, thereby elim
>From: S Scharf [mailto:ss11...@gmail.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 3:03 PM
>To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
>Subject: Re: sudo vs. su (was Re: new to list, new to debian, new to linux)
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer
>wrote:
>It *would* be safer to us
In <20090522183807.ga16...@markshroyer.com>, Mark Shroyer wrote:
>On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:56:18AM -0700, Thorny wrote:
>> You've just advised an obvious newbie (stated in post) on how to make
>> his system insecure. Giving ALL=(All) ALL rights to a normal user is
>> pretty much the same as runni
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 2:38 PM, Mark Shroyer <
subscriber+deb...@markshroyer.com >wrote:
>
> It *would* be safer to use neither su nor sudo, and only have root log
> in on a separate, secure console, thereby eliminating the possibility of
> password sniffing from a compromised regular account. H
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:56:18AM -0700, Thorny wrote:
> You've just advised an obvious newbie (stated in post) on how to make his
> system insecure. Giving ALL=(All) ALL rights to a normal user is pretty
> much the same as running as root and is not recommended on a Debian
> system. It is what wa
On Fri, 22 May 2009 06:14:59 -0400, George posted:
> You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
>
>
> If you want to install sudo you will first need to open a terminal and
> type:
>
> $ su
>
> $
>
> # aptitude update <- let it do it’s thing and it will tell you if there
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 08:45:03AM -0400, Bob Parnes wrote:
> On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:24:49AM -0400, Daryl Styrk wrote:
> > On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:14:59AM -0400, George wrote:
> > > You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
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From: Daryl Styrk [mailto:darylst...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 6:25 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:14:59AM -0400, George
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 06:14:59AM -0400, George wrote:
> You have to install the sudo package to be able to use sudo.
>
>
> # vim /etc/sudoers < now you can edit the sudoers file and add your username.
> The new line will look just like the line
orge Randall
From: dwain [mailto:dwain.alf...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, May 22, 2009 4:03 AM
To: debian
Subject: new to list, new to debian, new to linux
hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to play
well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and
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On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 03:03:23AM -0500, dwain wrote:
> hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
> play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
> can't sudo into root. i can get into the
hello all. i just installed debian tonight next to win xp. they seem to
play well together. i was trying to setup the bug report and found that i
can't sudo into root. i can get into the synaptic package manager with the
root password and this has me a bit confused why i can't login as root in
Jacob S. wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:19:49 -0400
Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
--
Kent
Jacob
Andreas Janssen
You guys deserve an award for consistency or something!
:-) Great minds think alike. (Not that I think I ha
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 19:19:49 -0400
Nathan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
> >
> >--
> >Kent
>
> >Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86".
> >
> >HTH,
> >Jacob
>
> >
> > Try
> >
> > dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
> >
> > if you use XFree 4.
> >
> > best
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:47:11 -0500, Bob Schmidt
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a program that I can run (in text mode) that will allow
> me to change the video card.
A different flavour of answer - if you know which module you need for
your vid card, or failing that a generic one like ves
You guys deserve an award for consistency or something!
>Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86"
>
>--
>Kent
>Try "dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86".
>
>HTH,
>Jacob
>
> Try
>
> dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xfree86
>
> if you use XFree 4.
>
> best regards
> Andreas Janssen
>
--
To
Hi Again,
Has anyone out there installed debian on an AS4000? What video card did
you set it up for?
Bob
Jacob S. wrote:
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:47:11 -0500
Bob Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi,
I'm new to the list, and to Debian. I have played around with other
linux distro's before but
Hello
Bob Schmidt (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) wrote:
> I'm new to the list, and to Debian. I have played around with other
> linux distro's before but not much with debian. Anyway, I have an
> AS4000 alpha server that I installed Debian Release 3.0r1 on. The
> installation went well, and the computer r
Bob Schmidt wrote:
Anyway, I have an AS4000 alpha server that I installed Debian Release
3.0r1 on. The installation went well, and the computer rebooted fine.
I do seem to have a problem with my video card though. I know that I
initially entered the wrong card. Is there a program that I can run
On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 15:47:11 -0500
Bob Schmidt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm new to the list, and to Debian. I have played around with other
> linux distro's before but not much with debian. Anyway, I have an
> AS4000 alpha server that I installed Debian Release 3.0r1 on. The
> installat
Hi,
I'm new to the list, and to Debian. I have played around with other
linux distro's before but not much with debian. Anyway, I have an AS4000
alpha server that I installed Debian Release 3.0r1 on. The installation
went well, and the computer rebooted fine. I do seem to have a problem
with my
Thanx Kevin and Karsten!
Will download the docs.
Anil Gupte
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On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 00:08, Anil Gupte wrote:
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Hi Anil,
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> one. Most lists want a hello message, so here it is:
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Hi all!
I am resending this message because I forgot to change the topic on the last
one. Most lists want a hello message, so here it is:
I am newbie to Linux, and decide to throw my lot in with Debian. I always
learned by asking questions, so I hope you won't mind newbie questions here.
Otherw
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> Hi,
> I just joined the list. Any docs I should read before posting?
> Is there a list-specific FAQ? (I've seen the Debian-FAQ.)
> I have had experience with various Linux distros for a couple of
> years, and just switched from RedHat to Debian (because o
>
> Hi,
> I just joined the list. Any docs I should read before posting?
> Is there a list-specific FAQ? (I've seen the Debian-FAQ.)
> I have had experience with various Linux distros for a couple of
> years, and just switched from RedHat to Debian (because of the awful network
> init
Hi,
I just joined the list. Any docs I should read before posting?
Is there a list-specific FAQ? (I've seen the Debian-FAQ.)
I have had experience with various Linux distros for a couple of
years, and just switched from RedHat to Debian (because of the awful network
init scripts in
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