[OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root

[Ignacio Marambio Catán]

Sudo asks for a password even if it is the user's password

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:05 PM, Gabriele Bulfon <gbulfon at sonicle.com> 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?
> Thanx
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> Da: Ignacio Marambio Catán
> A: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
> Data: 14 giugno 2011 17.52.39 CEST
> Oggetto: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] User roles and acting as root
> give your user the Primary Administrator profile and then assign him a
> profile shell like pfksh.
> need i say this is insecure?
> nacho
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 12:49 PM, Gabriele Bulfon
> wrote:
> Hi, I was trying to figure out how to let the default install user (sonicle, in my case) be able
> to run commands as root completely, with no pfexec nor sudo.
> The user has a root role, in the user_attr file.
> If not possible, how can I enable root login normally?
> I tried commenting out the "root" role from user_attr, but the system went into maintenance mode....
> I had to put it back to have the machine normal again.
> Gabriele.
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