Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Chris G]

On Wed, Feb 04, 2009 at 11:43:11AM +0000, Paul Sladen wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Steve Lamb wrote:
> > Chris G wrote:
> > > I could give my wife's account sudo privileges
> 
> This would seem to me to be a particularly agreeable solution.
> 
> > None of them is convenient?  Copying one [..] line in sudoers
> 
> Far easier than that:
> 
>   System->Administration->[Unlock]
> 
> Enter password (you may use a different one to the one logged in)
> 
>   Propeties->User Privileges
>   tick [x] Administer the system->[OK]
> 
I think this probably is the easiest solution for the case in question.

-- 
Chris Green