Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:37:23 -0400 From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@csail.mit.edu> To: asym <bsdlists@rfnj.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding OpenBSD sudo to the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <17119.53059.856310.876840@khavrinen.csail.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20050721122658.038f8508@mail.rfnj.org> References: <42DCC503.5000408@ludd.ltu.se> <20050719213356.GA1614@gothmog.gr> <20050721101331.GB854@trit.org> <24999.192.35.35.35.1121959413.squirrel@192.35.35.35> <20050721155241.GA20438@frontfree.net> <6.2.1.2.2.20050721122658.038f8508@mail.rfnj.org>
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<<On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:36:16 -0400, asym <bsdlists@rfnj.org> said: > Personally, I would like to see sudo not only in the base system, but in > the base system with a default configuration that mimics su(1) and thus > replaces it entirely. The only difference is which password you need to > provide. After a period for migration (or perhaps just in 6.x and noted in > the release notes), su could become just a symlink to sudo. su(8) already has the behavior you want. (Now implemented in a PAM module, and I forget the precise details.) -GAWollman
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