Date: Tue, 6 May 2008 20:37:02 +0000 From: Mario Vazquez <mario_vazq@hotmail.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Question about a recent installation Message-ID: <BAY116-W17A5A3949FDC57B6F92DB7F4D60@phx.gbl>
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On May 5, 2008, at 6:17 PM, doug wrote: =20 > To give limited priviledges I think sudo (as in linux??) would be =20 > used. =20 I concur that sudo is really a very good way of managing privileges. =20 I don't even know the root passwords on the systems that I administer =20 (OK, I do have them stored in a nice secured place if I ever do need =20 them). =20 Cheers, =20 -j ---------------------------------- In fact, I use sudo for managing too. My question is not about sudo itself= , it's about the possible risks (if any) of having a default installation (= FreeBSD7-RELEASE) which assigns ownership of the root folder to root:wheel,= thus allowing anyone with wheel privileges be able to see (and copy btw) r= oot folder contents. _________________________________________________________________ With Windows Live for mobile, your contacts travel with you. http://www.windowslive.com/mobile/overview.html?ocid=3DTXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh= _mobile_052008=
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