On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:37 AM, Highway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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.
It's only the first user who has the ability to elevate his/her privileges. Subsequent user accounts are created as "normal" users by default. And it's not just Ubuntu that uses sudo. It's also Fedora, OpenBSD, OS X, and many others. Not surprising given that it's been around for almost 30 years. For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo Regards, - Robert --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
