Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 11:06:46 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Tom Limoncelli <tal@lumeta.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: su to root Message-ID: <20020718150646.94B6ABB2C@this.is.fake.com> In-Reply-To: <3D35BFB9.FFEAFF17@lumeta.com> References: <3D386AED1B47D411A94300508B11F18703BC5BBE@fmsmsx116.fm.intel.com> <3D35BFB9.FFEAFF17@lumeta.com>
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IMHO, "op" is far superior to "sudo."
On Wednesday 17 July 2002 03:04 pm, Tom Limoncelli wrote:
| "Balaji, Pavan" wrote:
| > I wonder what exactly this means. I don't remember seeing any option for
| > creating/not-creating the wheel group while installation.
|
| It means "Install 'sudo' so that you get tighter control over who can do
| what, and much better logging."
|
| :-)
|
| I've known about sudo for ages but only started using it. After learning
| the configuration syntax, I've found it a great little utility. There are
| now many cases where I used to hand out root access but now I only have to
| give sudo access to a particular command. (Disclaimer: you shouldn't give
| sudo access to any command that you haven't personally audited or you may
| be giving the person full root access without knowing it.)
|
| --tal
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