On 3/21/11, Joe Zeff <joe@xxxxxxx> wrote: > On 03/21/2011 11:28 AM, James McKenzie wrote: >> Either way, I prefer to give users sudo as it is restrictive and I >> know what they can/cannot do and how much damge I'll have to fix when >> they break things. > > My point is, if it's your box and you're the only user, you know the > root password and there's no excuse for using sudo. If it's yours, enjoy. If it is not, as it is where I work, then I'm stuck with sudo. > Using sudo under those circumstances is, IMAO one of the hallmarks of the > luser. Please note that I'm a long-term member of the Scary Devil Monastery, > and this attitude is typical of a monk. If you don't know what that last > sentence meant, be glad. I do and I'm not upset that you are a Monk. I think I've graduated to Priest with all of the studying in the 'Bible of Scariness and How Users can Muck Up Their Systems' even if it is Linux/UNIX. You are so correct. Why use sudo if it is your system? You shouldn't. I used su - until I had root taken away from me (and I gave it up because that team grew and I did not like the stop by my work area asking "What are you up to?" twice a day.) Giving users only that which they need is key to the principle of Least Privilege as well (if you know what I'm talking about, you may be more than a Monk. :) ) Anyway, we should move this to the other thread and carry on. Leave this to the Gnome3/KDE4/Windows7/Mac Aqua discussion. James McKenzie > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
