sudo and /etc/sudoers

[Karl F. Larsen]

jdow wrote:
> From: "Res" <res at ausics.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 2008, December 28 13:31
>
>
>   
>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> On Sun, 2008-12-28 at 13:42 +1000, Res wrote:
>>>       
>>>> On Sat, 27 Dec 2008, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
>>>>         
>>>>> Do not take my word for it.  sudo came out of the experience of Evi
>>>>> Nemeth and her colleagues and students at the University of Colorado.
>>>>> Evi ran a system administration track at U of C and is the author of
>>>>> numerous books and papers.  She is considered an expert at Unix/Linux
>>>>> system administration.
>>>>>           
>>>> So? Still means nothing to me (I'm not a yank) and my previous still
>>>> stands.
>>>>         
>>> Evi is well known internationally.  Look her up sometime and check out
>>> her credentials.
>>>       
>> Not in this country apparently, I asked a few other prominent admins at 
>> a BBQ yesterday arvo, no-one heard of her :)
>> And it still means nothing, I have the most respect for other well known 
>> figures, just because they decide something doesnt mean it is right, and 
>> even they agree.
>>     
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_administrator
>
> Of course, merely writing the book does NOT make one a perfect authority.
>
> {^_^}
>
>   
    Just so but Evi might know how to work with the sudo control file. 
If her book covers this it might be worth buying!

Karl


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