Re: Problems 'su'ing into the root user

• Subject: Re: Problems 'su'ing into the root user
• From: John Mundt <email@hidden>
• Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2006 09:29:12 -0500
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On Aug 21, 2006, at 10:45 PM, Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers wrote:
- sudo (by default) works one-command-at-a-time, making the user think a little harder before issuing root commands, hopefully avoiding possibly fatal errors.
- since sudo doesn't (by default) generate an actual shell, you can't easily drop into it and walk away, allowing a potential security breach.

sudo /bin/sh

give a very nice root shell....

John

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