Should sudo be used?

[Schiz0]

True, if that was the case I'd use sudo. But I'm the only user on my systems
that I'd trust with root access, so there's no point with my setup.

On 4/5/07, Pietro Cerutti <pietro.cerutti at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 4/5/07, Schiz0 <schiz0phrenic21 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I don't use sudo. I find it rather pointless. If I need to do something
> as
> > root, I use su to gain root privileges, then when I'm done, I exit and
> > return to the original user. The user running su must be in the group
> > "wheel" to be able to su to root. This is a simple yet convenient
> security
> > system.
>
> What when you have several people with different privileges wanting to
> do stuff that normally only root can? Would you give your root
> password to everyone, or rather install sudo and define exactly what a
> user can do?
>
>
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