From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 09:20:42 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 2090A16A403 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:20:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.251]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE75D13C43E for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 09:20:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pietro.cerutti@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c24so594987ana for ; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:20:37 -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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SiSHWEFmNZ3DCxYjOitnMWaaB6idJOT8RZ4zp+9J//dkZNz2En3z1R0RKLTJ2iL2OkTbUvQXgc97LhxF/lFoWe0kOGq8cNeSDrXgLLOfCgwqe9Cp5FrfczCXmK43tcoGT/9Qs26QDT8kySdS3K1VlaFUl1gAHopKXSQzVFDOnuM= 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:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=enV598tp+R9DlqCkHd6tiWjUl5uOIMxL3HEnJrnqbPOfjb6Qlo/YAjf93zq8byqibZvzlmdFHiz41F5nSA6nXcl26OYWKfPF2VIUZRVr/Dv7NGbNdbgcEFcGYQ43gh17cYknnwStvxUdj30uVbyWtrKdMfgaTTaFu/VPxXPZovs= Received: by 10.100.8.18 with SMTP id 18mr1133620anh.1175764836641; Thu, 05 Apr 2007 02:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.33.5 with HTTP; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 02:20:36 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 11:20:36 +0200 From: "Pietro Cerutti" To: "Victor Engmark" In-Reply-To: <7d4f41f50704050211t54bcfdbr4765a45a25c909a1@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> <8d23ec860704050147r7b7daef2k432bb20a27ae8098@mail.gmail.com> <8d23ec860704050154j7d0cfed5n631611f4afe32006@mail.gmail.com> <7d4f41f50704050211t54bcfdbr4765a45a25c909a1@mail.gmail.com> Cc: faqfreebsd 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 09:20:42 -0000 On 4/5/07, Victor Engmark wrote: > Well, the standard argument is that with sudo you don't have to worry about > executing something as root which you intended to execute as a normal user. > That's good enough for me, but are there any disadvantages except just > having another package & config file? None that I know about >Is sudo slow or incompatible with certain commands? None that I know about > Does it have a bad security track record? http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/alerts/ > Is it still maintained, and will it be maintained in the foreseeable future? Yes, it's still maintained, but as you can see from the CVS logs, not actively developed. I can't tell you if it's because sudo's pretty "done", or because simply nobody's improving it. > Does it conflict with other packages? Etc.. $ grep CONFLICTS /usr/ports/security/sudo/Makefile Exit 1 Apparently not.. > Thanks for your answers! It seems this is not quite as resolved for FreeBSD > as for Ubuntu et al.. Hope this helps.. > -- > Victor "non desperandum" Engmark > Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum videtur - What is said in Latin, sounds > profound > -- Pietro Cerutti - ASCII Ribbon Campaign - against HTML e-mail and proprietary attachments www.asciiribbon.org