Questions about Ubuntu

[Thomas Charron]

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org> wrote:
> On 09/19/2008 10:26 AM, Thomas Charron wrote:
>>  However, if you can do anything root can do without it asking for a
>> password explicity, one has to ask..  Why not just run as root at that
>> point.  If there is no isolation, and anything you need to have admin
>> privs to do can be done by users in a certain 'group'....
>>  Well, I suppose it means anyone with admin rights would at least be
>> able to have different desktops. *shrug*
> Essentially, Ubuntu uses sudo. So, when a desktop user with admin rights
> wants to do something that requires root access, the user's password is
> requested, not the root password.
> There are a lot of reasons you do not want to run as root for normal
> operations.

  But the point is, it's a method to provide verification and feedback
of whats going on.  If I go to say, IM a friend, and I see an sudo box
come up, I sure as well aren't going to blindly enter it.  Remove
that, and anything could 'trick me' into allowing it.

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-- Thomas