[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: SuSE 9 or 9.1 PATH environment changes after su -- some sudo defaults != security?

[Bryan J. Smith]

On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 14:15, Chris Cox wrote:
> Use sudo instead of su.

On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 14:23, MadHat wrote: 
> Highly recommended by sysadmin everywhere.

The problem is that so many sysadmins just setup sudo for full
root access as well, but so they don't have to type the password
in.  I've seen that in at least 75% of my client setups.

Heck, some distros just let you plunk in an username in one config file
and do this by default!  And they provide an example!

So does this address security any better for the ignorant?
It's an interesting debate.

-- Bryan

P.S.  But yes, sudo is the preferred operation on newer platforms.  I
agree.

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Bryan J. Smith                                  b.j.smith at ieee.org 
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