On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 11:56:44 -0500, Matthew Miller <mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 19, 2005 at 11:15:49AM -0500, David Curry wrote: > > Thanks, Paul, for the cue on "su - " that you provided in response to > > Duncan Lithgow's question re - Used swap 0MB. > > On encountering the PATH problems in attempting to tweak several issues, > > I have been logging off the system under my username and logging on as > > root to deal with the matter(s). Using su - is clearly much simpler. > > Another option is to use sudo. Around here, we compile it using > > --with-secure-path=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin > > which is usually exactly the right thing with no surprises. > > I suggested RH do this, but it was closed as notabug. > > <https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=80215> > > -- > Matthew Miller mattdm@xxxxxxxxxx <http://www.mattdm.org/> > Boston University Linux ------> <http://linux.bu.edu/> Default setting for sudo is for only root to be enabled/empowered. All other users/groups are disabled. Use visudo to edit /etc/sudoers and configure for use.
