[CLUE-Tech] sudo

Cyberclops Cyberclops at hawaii.rr.com
Wed Apr 18 11:36:29 MDT 2001


I have to check and see if it's already a possible part of SuSE 7.1, see
if I have it installed, and go from there.

David Anselmi wrote:
> 
> On the Mandrake vs. SuSE thread, Cyberclops mentioned minimizing how
> often he logs in as root.
> 
> It's probably been mentioned here, but not this month, take a look at
> sudo:
> 
> http://www.courtesan.com/sudo/
> 
> This program allows you to do things as root by running sudo <command>
> from your own account.  It makes it unnecessary to log in as, or su to,
> root and keeps a log of everything it is used for.
> 
> I haven't used it but my admin at work swears by it.
> 
> If you've never heard of it, you have now.  If you have heard of it,
> what do you think?
> 
> Dave
> 
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