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Re: Could sudo be an security issue?



>>>>> "Stewart" == Stewart James <stewart.james@vu.edu.au> writes:

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Stewart> Now in his mind this is removing a level of security. If
Stewart> someone manages to get my password, they also can gain access
Stewart> to root via sudo.

sudo uses PAM for authentication, so you can use one of the PAM modules
(e.g. libpam-pwdfile or libpam-dotfile which is in unstable, but AFAIK
not in stable) and set it up so that everyone can have different
passwords for sudo.

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