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On Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:17:30 -0600, Grant Taylor wrote: |
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> On 10/26/22 2:08 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > So they have root access, nothing has changed. How they get root |
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> > access is irrelevant, just that they have it. |
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> No, how they get root access is not irrelevant. |
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> If your only access to root is via sudo and you break sudo you no |
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> longer have root access. |
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> If you don't have root access through something other than sudo, you |
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> can't fix your sudo (from your existing system). |
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They and you are different people. You are looking at it from the |
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perspective of a user accidentally locking themself out of the system, so |
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su is the best way to be able to fix it. I agree with you there. I was |
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looking at it from the perspective of a third party changing sudo right |
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without your consent. We were at cross purposes. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when |
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we created them." (Albert Einstein) |