Re: Single-use root account?
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 12:35, Alex Malinovich wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:55, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 09:30, Tom wrote:
> > > * [07/11/2003 16:25] J. Bruce Fields <bfields@fieldses.org>:
> > >
> > > > > The all-privilege sudo is the best idea, since the actions are
> > > > > audited.
> > > >
> > > > Though note that the auditing is there to keep the honest honest--surely
> > > > the audit trail isn't truly secure against an user with "all-privilege
> > > > sudo".
> > >
> > > Also, I read the word(s) "single-use" in the subject line as "one-time
> > > use". Not sure if that's what he meant, but if it is, I guess sudo isn't
> > > exactly what he wanted either.
> >
> > The OP can enable sudo privs only when he's going to be gone for
> > any appreciable amount of time.
>
> Unfortunately, most of the time that I need them to do something is when
> I'm in class, which is 4 evenings every week. And usually, the reason I
> need something done is because I need it while I'm in class and it can't
> wait until I get home. So enabling sudo 4 afternoons a week and then
> disabling it 4 evenings a week is not really an option.
cron to the rescue!!!!
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