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From: Bill Longman <bill.longman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2010 20:21:05
Message-Id: 4C606312.5060105@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice by Robert Bridge
1 On 08/09/2010 01:08 PM, Robert Bridge wrote:
2 > On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 8:09 PM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
3 >> There have been discussions on this list why sudo is a bad idea and sudo on
4 >> *any* command is an even worse idea. You might as well be running everything
5 >> as root, right?
6 >
7 > sudo normally logs the command executed, and the account which
8 > executes it, so while not relevant for single user systems, it STILL
9 > has benefits over running as root.
10
11 ...excepting, of course, "sudo bash -l" which means you've given away
12 the keys to the kingdom.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Rooted/compromised Gentoo, seeking advice Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>