Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 00:33:56 +0300 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@freebsd.org> To: Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding OpenBSD sudo to the FreeBSD base system? Message-ID: <20050719213356.GA1614@gothmog.gr> In-Reply-To: <42DCC503.5000408@ludd.ltu.se> References: <42DCC503.5000408@ludd.ltu.se>
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On 2005-07-19 11:16, Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se> wrote: > Aloha! > > (I've Googled around a bit, but failed to find much previous posts about > this though I'm sure it has been discussed...) > > Have anybody (in core etc) considered adding a sudo implementation to > thr FreeBSD base system. At least for me, sudo is an important part of > implementing good security policy in FreeBSD. > > Yes, it is available as a port, but in a similar fashion of for example, > isn't sudo important enough to be included as an imported tool in the > base system? > > My thought was to sync/import the sudo implementation from OpenBSD. Bad > idea? Maybe not so bad if the OpenBSD version of sudo has useful enhancements of any sort (i.e. has gone through a thorough security audit, or it includes features that are not available through the Ports version, or if the OpenBSD sudo uses a BSD and not an ISC-style license). - Giorgos
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