[Wylug-help] Talk request

[Anne Wilson]

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On Monday 23 February 2004 14:58, Jim Jackson wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Feb 2004, Geoff Richards wrote:
> > On Thu, Feb 19, 2004 at 07:46:24PM +0000, Smylers wrote:
> > > Anne Wilson writes:
> > > > Could someone do a talk at sometime on Use and Abuse of sudo?
> > > >  I've read quite a bit, but I'm still not happy that I really
> > > > understand it.
> > >
> > > There isn't that much to sudo, so it'd be a short talk, but
> > > that's no reason not to do it if it's something there's an
> > > audience for.  Given that nobody else has commented since
> > > Monday, I'll volunteer.
> >
> > I'd be happy to do that also.  It would only be a short one
> > though. Maybe it could be combined with something else to make it
> > into a proper talk?
>
> How about something like "101 ways to minimise being root" coupled
> with the obvious "why logging in as root is a _bad thing_" etc?
>
OK - but what I'm really wanting is something that explains to me why
sudo is better than su.  I presume that it does much the same thing,
but can do it in different circumstances?  I know there are
implications in allowing other users to do certain root tasks - and
this is where I run scared, as giving freedoms that I don't
understand is bad magic :-)

Anne
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