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Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> [09-08-27 20:28]: |
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> On 25 Aug 2009, at 23:26, meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> >... |
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> >I use Icewm and X.org as desktop environment. |
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> >Ending my work with a command like |
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> > sudo halt |
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> >from a terminal window results in no problem at all. |
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> >But: |
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> >When I do something like: |
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> > aunpack mysourceproject.tar.7z; cd mysourceproject; \ |
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> > ./configure && make && make install; sudo halt |
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> >switch off my monitor and go to sleep, cause this will run for an |
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> >hour, and start my box next morning again, all fonts, which are |
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> >defined via xorg.conf are displayed in a very tine shape. |
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> Um.... sorry if this is a dumb question, but does the `sudo halt` |
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> actually run? Here that would be sitting waiting for me to enter a |
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> password (but your /etc/sudoers may be configured differently). |
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> Stroller. |
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Hi |
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There are no dumb questions, Stroller, there are only dumb answers... |
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:) |
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You can configure /etc/sudoers to accept "sudo" without password and |
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execute a certain command via sudo with root rights or others. |
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On machines used by many users and or directly connected to a backbone |
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this may or is a security hole. |
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On my machine I am alone and sudoers is setup only to accept |
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passwordless "sudos" from me (my username) |
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The according line looks like this: |
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<my username> ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL |
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Which means: accept any command without password compined with sudo. |
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This may or may not a discussable setting, though... |
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On the other side: A person who is able to crack my router and gain root |
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rights on my machine will not be stopped by sudoers-settings. |
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And the possibility to be able to crack a password is based on the |
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knowledge/tools to the attacker and the password but is not based |
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on the kind of user who owns it, whether it is a root password or |
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a users password does not matter... |
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Only my to photons...your light might be brighter... :o) |
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HTH! |
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Have a nice <time of day you currently have> ;) |
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Keep hacking! |
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mcc |
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Please don't send me any Word- or Powerpoint-Attachments |
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unless it's absolutely neccessary. - Send simply Text. |
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See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html |
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In a world without fences and walls nobody needs gates and windows. |
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