how to get a real root/user seperation?

[Hans Henry von Tresckow]

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Dexter Filmore <Dexter.Filmore at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, 9. Oktober 2008 20:34:11 schrieb Derek Broughton:
>> Dexter Filmore wrote:
>> > Well, remove sudo ans set a root passwd all sounds fine, but what if I
>> > fire up Adept for example. Would it ask for the users passwd and attempt
>> > to perform a sudo
>>
>> Absolutely.  What's the problem?  The _only_ user, as set up by the
>> installer, who has sudo access is the user created at install time.  No
>> other user has access to root.
>> --
>> derek
>
> So - if "dexter" is the admin and "joe" fires up Adept the system will still
> ask for dexter's passwd in the sudo dialog?
>

Actually, I just tried this, and it will ask for "joe"'s password and
then tell joe that he's not on the sudo list. So I guess as long as
you always install as "dexter" you should be safe.

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Henry von Tresckow (hvontres)