[OT] sudo, why not su?

[Iain Young]

On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 09:53:10PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:

> It would? Why? Does that mean that sudo (in the configuration found in a
> newly installed Ubuntu system) negates the Unix security model?
> 'sudo su -' gives the user a root login shell, and all he enters is his
> own password!

As does 'sudo /bin/bash' which some would disagree with doing that...


Iain