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Jerald M. Sheets jr.
Sr. UNIX Systems Administrator
McKesson, Inc.
404.293.8762
On May 17, 2005, at 4:21 PM, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 15:57 -0400, Chris Ricker wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 17 May 2005, Jim Popovitch wrote:
>>
>>
>>> On Tue, 2005-05-17 at 14:25 -0400, Chris Ricker wrote:
>>>
>>>> They can't do "sudo mkfs /dev/hda8" (unless you misconfigured
>>>> sudo).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Misconfigured? Or just configured for easy use (NOPASSWD: ALL)?
>>>
>>
>> Like I said, misconfigured.
>>
>
> I say easy to use. Again, NOPASSWD on a server makes good sense,
> but on
> my laptop? Come on. Imaging having to sudo (and give a password)
> every
> time you wanted to:
>
> dial a modem
> burn a cd
> connect to a wireless hotspot
> use bluetooth
> print
> modify /etc/hosts
> delete old system logs
> add a new user so a friend can log in
> play a game like quake
> etc
>
> Some of those things don't presently require sudo, this is due to the
> use of setuid. HOWEVER, if you believe the diatribe about running as
> root on desktop PCs, you need to also believe the diatribe of using
> setuid. SOo, wholistically you can either have a productive easy
> to use
> PC or you can have a pain-in-the-a**-to-use PC that is "more" secure.
> YMMV.
>
> -Jim P.
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