sudo: what is the point?

[Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN]

	Arnie,

		first of all, sudo is really just a wrapper for su.
		sudo checks to see if you can perform an action in the
sudoers file.
		dont know where it is on this distro buit probably in /etc
somewhere 
		or maybe /var). it also can log sudoers actions in the
logfiles.
		
		so time rtfm or manning visudo, su, sudo, sudoers might be
in order.
	
	~piranha

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Arnold
Maestre
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 12:28 AM
To: Duncan Anderson
Cc: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
Subject: Re: sudo: what is the point?


Among others, with sudo the user only needs to remember one password,
his own: there is bo additionnal "root" password. Additionally, sudo
allows you to precisely tune which user can do what on which machine,
without handing out the keys to your systems.
-- 
Arnold Maestre

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