Try editing your sudo config file "/etc/sudoers" you can edit by invoking visudo
man sudoer for more info.
HTH
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Jimmy Lim
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IT Department
Tricom
Ina Patricia Lopez wrote:
> i have sudo also in my setup and i just found out what a sudo user can
> do:
>
> e.g.
> a sudo user can change the root password without having the trouble of
> having the original root password.
>
> how do i limit the capabilities of a sudo user? such as editing the
> auth files. or better yet i remove sudo users and just us "su -
> root"??
>
> -ina patricia
>
> --- "Miguel A.L. Paraz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 06:39:21PM +0800, Reynald I. Ngo wrote:
> > > There can never be a "much" more powerfull that root. A
> > sudo user
> > > with all privileges is just the same as root but with more detailed
> > logging.
> > >
> > > >a sudo user with ALL privileges is the same as root or MUCH more
> > > >powerfull than root?
> >
> > Except that someone who can 'sudo bash' can escape the logging. For
> > which
> > purpose, one of our fellow PLUG members wrote a patch for bash for
> > auditing
> > commands. Care to step up? :)
> >
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