Date: Thu, 3 May 2001 06:13:02 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Jonathan Fortin <jfortin@akalink.com> Cc: "Jonathan M. Slivko" <jslivko@jeah.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Disabling The Root Account Message-ID: <20010503061301.B6584@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <00ba01c0d340$6f1097e0$0200320a@node00>; from jfortin@akalink.com on Wed, May 02, 2001 at 03:45:25PM -0400 References: <20010502142336.I30799-100000@awww.jeah.net> <00ba01c0d340$6f1097e0$0200320a@node00>
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On Wed, May 02, 2001 at 03:45:25PM -0400, Jonathan Fortin wrote:
> No.
> What if someone gets a hold of your password, he wouldnt even need root
> password to have root access. he would just call /bin/sh via sudo and bam!
> sudo has it's pros and what you would be doing is a con.
Well, you do have to understand what you're doing when you configure
sudo and when you dish out privileges, even to yourself. You also
have to change the way personal passwords are treated. Otherwise
don't use sudo, or root for that matter.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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