One user, two passwords?

Scott Kitterman kubuntu at kitterman.com
Tue Sep 5 23:51:00 UTC 2006


On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 18:54:01 -0300 Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> 
wrote:

>No, it doesn't.  It simply provides a more logical and secure method of
>accessing root.

Sorry.  I can't let this pass....

All the ways sudo may be more secure start out with a user doing something 
dumb.  More resistant to users forgetting to exit the root account, but how 
is one password away from root access more secure than two passwords away 
from root access?

Scott K




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