[CS-FSLUG] sudo, alternatives, configurators
Jonathan E. Brickman
jeb at joshuacorps.org
Sat Jan 10 13:02:27 CST 2009
> As with all things in Linux/unix there are different methodology for
> doing different things. If this is a personal box, or just one that you
> administer, the easiest way for you to make sure you have access to
> everything you need is to make sure you user is in /etc/sudoers. Once you
> are in there as an "ALL" user, you can simply access restricted things by
> using sudo to do it. For example, "sudo cat /var/somelog" or "sudo
> /sbin/shutdown" will ask you for a password - YOURS not roots, and then
> perform the specified task as a system superuser.
>
> --
> -Linc Fessenden
>
I thoroughly agree. Linc, do you know of a good GUI sudo configurator?
sudo is the best permissions-override system I know of (although, come
to think of it, there are at least two or three more in the Ubuntu
repository I have not tried! Hmmm), but its configuration complexity
drives me batty.
J.E.B.
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