On Sun, Oct 27, 2013 at 3:31 AM, Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 21:50:23 +0000
> Tom H <tomh0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:16 PM, Reco <recovery...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, but pfexec is not sudo. And privilege-aware Solaris shells are
>>> definitely not sudo too.
>>
>> It might not be sudo but it's the same principle of privilege escalation.
>>
>> sudo's simpler to set up so I've yet to work at any Solaris shop where
>> it hasn't been installed (it's not necessarily used though; I
>> moonlight at two companies where telnetting as root is the norm...).
>
> I agree that sudo is simpler to setup. I disagree that sudo is
> installed everywhere where Solaris is.
> Because - it's third-party software. And people don't like to install
> third-party software ('vendor didn't included it - we don't use it').Your experience may be different but you can't disagree with what's been my experience over many years in many different companies! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=syyg5txsz83qfx-pjqrejrct2dxohkmnkby1gwdyjz...@mail.gmail.com
