Re: A bridge too far ...

[Greg Oliver <greg oliver cistera com>]

On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:33 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:06 -0800, Clark Dunson wrote:
> > And Gnome overrides su/root?!?  Whathehellis this dialog box?!?:
> > 
> > 
> > "You are not allowed to access the system configuration"
> > 
> > 
> > That is really bogus.  I'm root!!!
> 
> Actually, unless you've heavily customized Ubuntu, you're not.
> Neither is anybody else.  Ubuntu uses sudo, which allows normal
> users to escalate their privileges without actually becoming
> root.  When prompted for a password for sudo, you do not type
> a root password; you type your own password.  This prevents
> malicious scripts from simply assuming privileges without your
> authorization.
> 

Unless you are like me and "sudo passwd root" right after the
install  :)