On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 9:26 PM, GSO <gso...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > I'm sure this question is as old as time, but what is the best way to > gain root privileges? (Am using Python 2.6.5, pygtk2 v2.16, Gtk > v2.18.9, on RHEL6.) >
Running any kind of script sudo'd is a bad idea, it's very very hard (in many cases impossible) to do securely. Root permissions in general should only be used for what they're needed for and nothing else (that means getting the permission, doing the stuff that needs to be done as root, and then returning back to normal privs), anything else is just asking for trouble. Katine -- CoderStack http://www.coderstack.co.uk/php-jobs The Software Developer Job Board -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
