One user, two passwords?

[Derek Broughton]

MLA wrote:

> On Tuesday 05 September 2006 14:00, Hawkwind wrote:
>> I don't see any advantage to having a second password for one user to be
>> able to perform rm -rf /* for example.  I mean, you have to supply a
>> password for root, so what's the difference really ?  I guess maybe I'm
>> looking at it differently and that's probably why I don't see an
>> advantage.
>     Well, ignoring for the moment that K/Ubuntu quietly ignores root,

No, it doesn't.  It simply provides a more logical and secure method of
accessing root.

>     think of
> what apt does: if you're about to issue a command that's really going to
> mess up your system, it asks you to type, "Yes, do what I say" or
> something like that. Obviously, it wouldn't *just* be for rm -rf /*. The
> idea is that while tooling along using sudo, a user might tread into
> dangerous territory. While using sudo under the regular password,
> permission would be denied, which would be a reminder, "Are you sure you
> want to do this?" If the user is serious, then sudo-ing and using the new
> password would be the equivalent of typing, "Yes, do what I say".

Absolutely pointless.  It would _not_ be the equivalent of that, as it would
simply be like using the old su with a root password, instead of sudo with
your own.
-- 
derek