Another reason *to* use sudo?
Brian Astill
bastill at adam.com.au
Tue Apr 26 04:49:02 UTC 2005
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 01:39 pm, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Relatedly: I'd like to lock down my system just a bit more,
> so that when it falls to single-user mode the user must type
> a password to sign in. But I don't want a root account. Is
> there any way to get both?
Yes, I think so. Try:
Change the sudoers file to make timeout = 0 for all users.
But allow su -, which will open a root terminal within the gui after the
sudoer user provides their password.
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Regards,
Brian
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