On 2018-04-15 13:51, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 14/04/18 11:19 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
On 2018-04-14 22:13, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 14/04/18 09:48 AM, David Haller wrote:
Hello,
On Sat, 14 Apr 2018, Anton Aylward wrote:
I can see why tumbleweed or 15.x should change that without announcement of same. Check your man pages. Also, check your /etc/sudoers!
Su and sudo are different and distinct commands, configured differently. They can be used to the same end, yes. Given the long terms existence of su, how come we have sudo?
Because sudo allows a plain user to call a root only program without knowing the root password. That was its purpose.
That I can understand, the needle-sharp delegation of a specific function makes sense; UNIX has often being criticised as root doing every aspect of system administration and no compartmentalization and delegation. having a UUCP administrator, a line printer administrator, an new account administrator ... yes, that's the more 'corporate' approach.
But it is a hell of a job to create a suitable sudoers file for that compartmentalization.
Overcoming what is essentially an architectural shortcoming of the simple-but-powerful access control mechanism is one thing. Simply handing out a root shell is quite anther matter.
Perhaps a Richie-designed 'sudo' would have made more sense than 'su'? But mu observation of 'sudo' being progrmatically overloaded still holds.
-- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)