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.

-- 
Regards,
Brian




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