Re: A bridge too far ...

[Shaun McCance <shaunm gnome org>]

On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 12:34 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote:
> 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  :)

To each his own, but the password prompts for graphical
admin tools are still using sudo, not su.

--
Shaun