From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 08:47:57 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 08D5616A402 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:47:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com (nz-out-0506.google.com [64.233.162.231]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9D0613C46A for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 08:47:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from schiz0phrenic21@gmail.com) Received: by nz-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id r28so268969nza for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:47:56 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=MQH+BZShcu8XGULlSU1SxOE3+I8F3OcT/sl8jQecydHclKOKSUqL5Zjaf49FH5TYECUvWonkPuRWLZYsTDHmv1HAgKp2zjXQktP5vDrwudMjWESct2OJtrFLbC88vFM11McLWS0qwHx5UP8COEsOEyYn0Ww1Yo2X6d7T4CqSm/0= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=JV4R6VkLh8CpBEMwaaCId+pQAap2Oo5emnMqzn4ffpY/3fKzI0uyL6itcVHVDkHn+A7fUAPylKmj/gLB5xP9Xj5hITC5vH44d8ZP3NHUFUzAHaRW3RZ9WkbXiAO7g9VpfGMaaDSAPjiOWXTTWUxoGCZ2PhtDcKGKwHmTIHocJcM= Received: by 10.115.107.1 with SMTP id j1mr628154wam.1175762873017; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 01:47:53 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.114.52.13 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 01:47:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <8d23ec860704050147r7b7daef2k432bb20a27ae8098@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 04:47:52 -0400 From: Schiz0 To: "Victor Engmark" In-Reply-To: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should sudo be used? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 08:47:57 -0000 I don't use sudo. I find it rather pointless. If I need to do something as root, I use su to gain root privileges, then when I'm done, I exit and return to the original user. The user running su must be in the group "wheel" to be able to su to root. This is a simple yet convenient security system. su is standard, sudo is another binary to install. So I don't bother installing it. On 4/5/07, Victor Engmark wrote: > > Hi all, > > I thought it would be a good idea to use sudo on my FreeBSD laptop, but > I'm > having doubts after checking the handbook (it's not mentioned at all) and > Google (most of the articles were obscure and / or old). > > Are you using sudo? If not, why? > > -- > Victor Engmark > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >