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On 30/03/17 19:20, Brad Rogers via list wrote: > On Thu, 30 Mar 2017 18:26:42 +0100 > "M. J. Everitt via list" <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hello M., > >> (for gnome-based apps). You don't use 'sudo' if there's a root password >> set, you can just use 'su' (instead of prompting for the user password, >> you enter the root password). You may wish to check/change your > I know it's academic on a single user system, but there are sound > reasons for offering only sudo rather than allowing su: > > First, passing around the root password isn't required. > Second, sudo actions are logged so sysadmin knows who tried to do what > and when (you mentioned this, I know). > > Makes it a hell of a lot easier to point the finger of blame. :-) > Sure .. and I have recently had good reason to put full logging on sudo/root command sessions for the purposes of collaboration on a project and debugging! I know there is tmux and tmate, but sometimes asynchronous progress has to be made... !! :] MJE
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