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Subject: Re: A bridge too far ...
From: Shaun McCance <shaunm () gnome ! org>
Date: 2008-02-19 2:59:52
Message-ID: 1203389992.25412.1.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 12:34 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:33 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:06 -0800, Clark Dunson wrote:
> > > And Gnome overrides su/root?!? Whathehellis this dialog box?!?:
> > >
> > >
> > > "You are not allowed to access the system configuration"
> > >
> > >
> > > That is really bogus. I'm root!!!
> >
> > Actually, unless you've heavily customized Ubuntu, you're not.
> > Neither is anybody else. Ubuntu uses sudo, which allows normal
> > users to escalate their privileges without actually becoming
> > root. When prompted for a password for sudo, you do not type
> > a root password; you type your own password. This prevents
> > malicious scripts from simply assuming privileges without your
> > authorization.
> >
>
> Unless you are like me and "sudo passwd root" right after the
> install :)
To each his own, but the password prompts for graphical
admin tools are still using sudo, not su.
--
Shaun
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