Re: Reporting missing package during install
Lisi Reisz writes:
> On Saturday 07 December 2013 21:36:30 Bob Proulx wrote:
> > If you look back in the mailing list archives you will find a
> > recent discussion where there were some people who didn't like
> > sudo. I was shocked by that because I always thought that most
> > people liked it.
>
> Yes, I don't like it and always want a root password. As you say,
> this is and has been contentious.
My €0.02 to the debate.
sudo has been introduced to give limited root power to a limited set
of users, something in between using the root password (only the
admins) and the setuid bit (all those that could run a program).
If some users needed to have the root power for a small set of
operation, then sudo would give them that extact power, no more no
less.
What are the benefits of The "Macintosh/Ubuntu" use of sudo? Improved
security? Are you kidding? Whatever the user I compromise I have root
access, just type "sudo bash".
Furthermore the sudo habit of keeping valid an authentication for a
certain amount of time seems like an open door for malicious code
injection.
And if this not enough, sudo may become disruptive on machines with
several users, unless all of them have the required skills (included
the one of stopping and asking advice!) and common administration
policies are accepted by all.
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