> Maybe I've completely missed the point, but why is it ok for a > standard ubuntu user to be able to have root access just by typing > sudo -i and entering their own password. > > This seems outrageous to me. Users are unable to look after their own > passwords for anything, and regularly share their logins with others. > I might as well just let them log in as root. > > Can anyone enlighten me?
While I agree with your sentiments, it appears that, as root under these circumstances, you can control just how much root access individual users have when they ask for root permission. To my mind, I'm guessing this means that you can easily set up a regular root account then give everyone no permissions to make system adjustments. Meanwhile, if you are adminning a system with some computer savvy people who don't do the things you describe, you can give them more root priviledges and they won't be bugging you every time they want to install a program, adjust date and time, or something like that. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users Group. To post a message, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit our group at http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
