[Novalug] GUI root

Miles D. Oliver miles.d.oliver@gmail.com
Fri May 29 10:26:33 EDT 2015


I've always thought it 'interesting' that people setup such complex entries
in a /etc/sudoers to allow/deny access but still allow files edited by 'vi'

sudo vi /tmp/file  and then break out to a shell..  Bam.. you're root
anyway..

sudo thwarted..

On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 10:00 AM, Beartooth via Novalug <
novalug@firemountain.net> wrote:

> On Thu, 28 May 2015, Derek LaHousse via Novalug wrote:
>
>         [....]
>
>> And I'd like to plus-one the idea of delegating tasks with sudo, but
>> using "su" at home to separate the all-powerful root from day-to-day user.
>> [....]
>>
>
>         If you're at home and without pets nor small children, thus the
> only one who ever touches the machine, you can keep a root tab open, and
> color-code all your tabs. user, root, email, LAN user, etc., etc, all with
> distinct background colors. root tabs, local or remote, get text in blood
> red. You know at sight when you have to be obsessive, without even checking
> the prompt.
>
> --
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