Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> On the flip side, though, you should change the root passowrd anyway when
> removing someone from sudo access, since you have no idea if they even
> have the root password. They had access to the shadow file
That depends on what privileges they had.
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John Hasler
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Felipe Sateler wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>
>
>>I like the approach which SuSE takes. It requires the *root* password
>>to use sudo, not the user's password.
>
>
> But then when you want to revoke the privilege of any user, you'd have to
> change the root password, instead of only remo
Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> I like the approach which SuSE takes. It requires the *root* password
> to use sudo, not the user's password.
But then when you want to revoke the privilege of any user, you'd have to
change the root password, instead of only removing a line from the sudoers
file.
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Joris Huizer wrote:
> Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
>
>> Joseph Smidt wrote:
>>
>>> Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
>>> password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two
>>> passwords you have to get through to have root access vs. one.
>>
>>
>>
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Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
Joseph Smidt wrote:
Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two
passwords you have to get through to have root access vs. one.
I like the approach which SuSE takes. It req
Joseph Smidt wrote:
> Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
> password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two
> passwords you have to get through to have root access vs. one.
>
I like the approach which SuSE takes. It requires the *root* passwor
On Sun, May 28, 2006 at 08:22:06AM -0600, Joseph Smidt wrote:
> Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
> password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two passwords
> you have to get through to have root access vs. one.
Yes, but it doesn't really make
Joseph Smidt writes:
> Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
> password? Wouldn't that make it more secure?
That would make it less secure. Requiring your password confirms that you
are you, allowing sudo to log the fact that you used sudo and to restrict
you to tho
Joseph Smidt wrote:
Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login
password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two
passwords you have to get through to have root access vs. one.
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Jo
Is there any way to make the sudo password different from the login password? Wouldn't that make it more secure? That would make two passwords you have to get through to have root access vs. one. --
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