John Andersen wrote:
On Saturday 04 November 2006 07:37, Geoffrey wrote:
My last foray into *ubuntu scared me away when I found you could:
sudo passwd root
As any user and set the root password.
Yes, Ubuntu's odd submerging of the root account takes a bit of getting used to. I always have to set root password so that there is access to the root account because otherwise its just SO WRONG...
But, you misunderstand part of the process. Its only the first account that has the ability to sudo things unless that account (or root) adds the other people to the admin group.
Okay, so you're saying it's not as bad as Windows XP which sets up every user as a super user. Still, I see it as a huge security screwup.
Example: kjh@kubuntu:~$ sudo passwd root kjh is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.
Since kjh was not the first user created at install, that account was not added to the group admin, and therefore cant' do squat.
So you see its somewhat better thought out than it first seems.
I wouldn't say that's somewhat better. To the new Linux user, they don't know any better. -- Until later, Geoffrey Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. - Benjamin Franklin