From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 5 19:14:08 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 507FD16A401 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from out4.smtp.messagingengine.com (out4.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2B43713C455 for ; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 19:14:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jeffrey@goldmark.org) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by out1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 26ABC212142; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:14:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from heartbeat2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:14:08 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: f/IOjM9Pj0DzXm1im8kOtD4H1NwYfxt4e+AVRZKpIBuF 1175800448 Received: from [10.1.10.136] (n114.ewd.goldmark.org [72.64.118.114]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06EA013684; Thu, 5 Apr 2007 15:14:07 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> References: <7d4f41f50704050142v9c73a17tb1812f218ea4416@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <726927F5-09AB-403A-AFFE-A7488BC0483C@goldmark.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Jeffrey Goldberg Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 14:14:07 -0500 To: Victor Engmark X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should sudo be used? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:14:08 -0000 On Apr 5, 2007, at 3:42 AM, Victor Engmark wrote: > Are you using sudo? If not, why? I am using sudo. In /usr/local/etc/sudoers I have %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL Even though I'm the only person logging in, I still prefer to just remember my password instead of having to remember root's. Of course I have the root password nicely stored away somewhere in a password management system, it is one less password that I actually have to use. I became a fan of sudo from my experience with Apple's OS X. -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/