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On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:43:04 +0100, Alexander Skwar wrote: |
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> > Except this means you have to give the user permission to run bash, |
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> > and subsequently any command as root. |
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> True. But with "sudo su -c", you've got to have the same |
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> sort of trust, don't you? |
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Yes, they are both equally bad ideas. |
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> > You may as well give them the root |
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> > password and let them use su. |
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> Or don't give the root password and use sudo for everything, |
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> which is what Ubuntu is doing. Using sudo instead of su |
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> is better in so far, as you're not so likely to run everything |
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> in a root shell (yes, I know that "sudo bash" is possible). |
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That's not such a risk, most people only do "rm -fr /" once :) |
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Neil Bothwick |
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(A)bort (R)etry (T)ake an axe to it? |
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