[OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

[Alan Coopersmith]

On 06/14/11 10:05 AM, Gabriele Bulfon wrote:
> Thanx for your reply,
> I understand the security issue.
> But, is it so much more secure when you can just sudo commands?
> Where is the difference?

With sudo, you choose to only run commands that need extra privileges
with those privileges - most of the commands a normal user runs don't
need that, so why use it and run the risk of either operator error
or buggy software doing more damage than normal?

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