Advice for possible convert to Ubuntu

Tez binary_y2k2 at blueyonder.co.uk
Mon Nov 13 14:38:22 UTC 2006


Renaud (Ron) Olgiati wrote:
> Hi all, new here, first posting.
>
> I too am considering moving from Mandrake 10.1 to Kubuntu 6.6 on four 
> networked boxes.
>
> I plan to keep each /home as it is.
>
> Any gotchas I should be aware of ?
>   
None that I can think of
>  
> One niggling doubt I have is how do I keep my users from using sudo to get 
> root access, and wreck their boxes like they used to do under Windows ?
>   
Only the first user set-up during the install has access to sudo by default,
you can let others use it by adding them to the admin (adm) group or by
editing the /etc/sudoers file to only give sudo for certain commands.
>  
> TIA,
>  
> Ron, on the banks of the Paraguay River.
> --
>                      I married beneath me. All women do.
>                      -- Nancy Witcher, Viscountess Astor
>                                     
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>
>   

Tez






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