[OT] sudo, why not su?

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Mon Aug 8 17:17:33 UTC 2005


Magnus Therning wrote:

> I.e. that the user provides his own password rather than root's password
> to 'su'.
> 
>>> If there isn't then sudo has a real advantage over su.
>>
>>'Sudo' provides a huge number of advantages.  This is why Ubuntu and other
>>modern Unix operating systems use it.  IIRC, Microsoft are switching to
>>the same ('sudo'-style) security model in the next release of Windows.

I think you got the only correct answer as the very first response I saw -
rename the su binary and create a link to sudo in its place.  But then you
have 'sudo'.  I don't think you can say sudo has no real advantage - su
just can't be as fine grained.
-- 
derek





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