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Re: Sudo ... use or delete?




On 1/29/21 8:54 AM, john doe wrote:
> In the case of sudo, you could deny the use of sudo by removing all
> users from the sudoers file or by denying sudo access  explicitly in the
> sudoers file.
> 
> -- 
> John Doe
> 

As I understand it, this would not have protected against the recent local
privilege escalation bug in sudo.  If you're interested in improving
security, the desire is to reduce the total amount of privileged code on
the machine.

(Though removing people from sudoers obviously helps.)

Antonio

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