> If OpenSolaris/Indiana moves to an Ubuntu/MacOS X > style "always log in > as a normal user, prompt for the root password when a > command needs > root" (implemented using sudo on Ubuntu, not sure > about MacOS X),
OS X makes very heavy use of sudo, the heaviest I've seen yet. > does the root shell issue not become moot? I.e., the > root shell > can stay the same because most new users will rarely > exec > a root shell, but will rather do all root things via > sudo etc.? As soon as one puts `exec "$Shell" "$Options"` in one's /.profile, the whole thing becomes moot. Which is why I don't understand why this question pops up so much. This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
