"Taong Bahay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I plan to install Ubuntu on a computer to be shared by two users. I
> have not actually installed Ubuntu and used it only as rescue CD so I
> don't know how the Ubuntu rootless system works in practice.
If by "rootless" you mean Ubuntu has no root user[1], then yeah.
>
> Since there is no root how do I copy files between two normal users? I
> don't think sudo cp /home/apple/orig.txt /home/boy/copy.txt will work?
That'll work.
> Another question: isn't sudo a security risk in a computer with many
> users if user Apple can remove or reconfigure a program that user Boy
> installed? This maybe deliberate or by accident when one user is
> experimenting with all the programs available in the menus or when
> clicking icon for autoupdate.
It's almost the same risk as having all users know what the root
password is -- however, sudo allows one to configure what applications a
user can access or run as root. There should be copious (or not so
copious) documentation online about sudo.
That being said, it's pretty much the deal when one has
admin/superuser/root access anyway, on whatever system.
[1] Actually, it still does -- the account is disabled by default, and
no one can login directly as root. You can reenable the root account
by sudo'ing into root (sudo -i), then running passwd to set a
password.
--
JM Ibanez
Software Architect
Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.
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http://software.orangeandbronze.com/
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