Sudo vs. Root 327
lessthan0 writes "In Mac OS X, the root account is disabled by default. The first user account created is added to the admin group and that user can use the sudo command to execute other commands as root. The conventional wisdom is that sudo is the most secure way to run root commands, but a closer look reveals a picture that is not so clear." The article is about OSX but the debate is a little older ;)
Oh, great! (Score:4, Funny)
Sudo vs. Root? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Old news and Poorly written (Score:3, Funny)
Stuff that flatters?
My favorite sudo command: (Score:5, Funny)
Messed up sudoers (Score:4, Funny)
Now, a live CD and a setuid bash executable managed to fix the issue directly, but we learned an important lesson about root-less systems. If you screw up something like the /etc/sudoers, the system is hosed unless you
have physical access.
So as much as I use sudo for almost all my UID 0 needs, I think root still needs to live in every box just to safegaurd against such simple mistakes which ended up costing more hours than the sudo would've saved.The best way to secure the root account... (Score:5, Funny)
This says it all. (Score:1, Funny)
I run as root at all times. Argue with me at your own peril!
Phil Collins (Score:5, Funny)
pcollins$ su su sudio
How to disable root (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Layered Security (Score:4, Funny)
Re:MUCH MUCH Much better solution (Score:3, Funny)