kdesu and sudo

Derek Broughton auspex at pointerstop.ca
Thu Apr 21 16:35:08 UTC 2005


On Thursday 21 April 2005 15:56, Abdullah Ramazanoglu wrote:
> Fabien Meghazi dedi ki:
>   --8<--
>
> > what happens if the script contains a command prefixed with sudo ?
> > I guess that it will be executed with super user privileges and I think
> > this is what Hannes point out. Please, correct me if I'm wrong.
>
> And so,
>
> 5. sudo timeout is made zero.
>
> Both more compatible with a casual user by default, and easily
> circumventable by an experienced user.

Definitely a good idea.  I would, probably, change it immediately but it's an 
excellent default setting for people who don't know much about sudoo.
-- 
derek




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