[Wylug-discuss] Sudo

[Stephen Patterson]

On 11 Apr 08, Anne Wilson (cannewilson at googlemail.com) wrote:
> While probably true on a desktop box, I can't feel happy with that on a 
> laptop, which, to all intents and purposes the EeePC is.  As long as I have 
> to give a separate, different password for root access it does mean that any 
> intruder has to fight twice as hard and long to do the hidden harm.

I use the debian default 
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL

with another line for my user. Only root & myself can sudo any command,
but I need to enter my password.
steve   ALL=(ALL) ALL

Its also possible to restrict users to specific commands, with or
without passwords.

-- 
Stephen Patterson :: steve at patter.mine.nu :: http://patter.mine.nu/
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"Don't be silly, Minnie. Who'd be walking round these cliffs with a gas oven?"
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