Re: Root privilege (SOLVED)
On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 07:25:03PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2007 at 04:06:01PM EST, Andrei Popescu wrote:
> > Upgrading those binaries is a potential security
> > problem ..
>
> So is mopping up the floors in a timely manner.. Doesn't mean you want
> the janitor to have the keys to the corporate safe.
>
> > .. and it should be delegated only to responsible persons.
>
> hence accountability -- sudo appears do that .. but where's the
> granularity..?
Sudo can give the janitor the keys to the mop cupboard and to all
the floors that need mopping without letting him have the keys to
the corporate safe. Is that what you mean by "granularity"?
David
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