From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Mar 13 15:48:27 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E7D08D0A526 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:48:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philneaton95@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yw0-x22d.google.com (mail-yw0-x22d.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4002:c05::22d]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A709117EA for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:48:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from philneaton95@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yw0-x22d.google.com with SMTP id o4so61627125ywd.3 for ; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:48:27 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=54W+MSq6qMjAB3BfVclJqjwtVU3z0/mGmGQVXopXY40=; b=L7YVQdXQHvhs/540HvuHgkQyiLAHvoBfs9ErXD+lFmJprXRS3gkzKOIfF0LHS5PGai n3GiVCSAsieMWWPJwLMszbcPx8i0G7pEhCFoccGRNH8WP1L10WlYqSaYMpVJQqucQ/jO hPLqOImXnSuO4oQCiRN6DzN1NZnpOSoXtNkr3NK4NXnAdp8oKJsjaCqhUDumWFaCuI+V kzlcTCTM1DS6qHZmsFIEb/jIRfJWM3yrUlFwPTQKo/lxFK/XERl/0G7ZIdnz1UvXiYLw Ybbgf5OmNxHhovJSPHUpUEpylfKE3Ypr5f52D7PmhJXjtfPPyR0ZyFAH8ZoeaSuesA13 WCmw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=54W+MSq6qMjAB3BfVclJqjwtVU3z0/mGmGQVXopXY40=; b=Vl8GXB3kXBAKkNAIEKgDwqUjcNi3uIH6lixjXSXozSShNJNpS4PwAM/EH8PA05DKX4 /htPKDzJ2qB5Y6cNMwvHCFLMOig+QAk0L8WQzrzu90r8ipcPXef3EiMJK3MEB0jHIzM+ 4WmrC7fjd4A9woNbEYBcL9VImzve+sYeSSVU+N19bXZUJR5ytLCj7K93vKDF5EvgLIoG 99iqLnlBJ0vKaUcsydnxpfxyj3OlshfvpFKQJtHfLLeG7mO2mSCauV0wQIGClXcMhr0W a+cHPjyj1l8bayJfZFqeeUjxgWGCMawaRlQK+4gbTks2HeVe2W8LLLfYmTgtLtygDDle qung== X-Gm-Message-State: AMke39kM/EQfADZAnq5PX5HN6JqlAgjLCW/Djbkw3iFvFV6iinm6+Ao6u+QD3hajzP/PZiYnzXxk43epfPxvAg== X-Received: by 10.13.211.70 with SMTP id v67mr18303496ywd.260.1489420106725; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:48:26 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.129.160.13 with HTTP; Mon, 13 Mar 2017 08:48:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <58C6BDC0.7070307@omnilan.de> References: <58C6BDC0.7070307@omnilan.de> From: Phil Eaton Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 11:48:26 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: sudo alternatives; for the minimalists To: Harry Schmalzbauer Cc: "FreeBSD Questions !!!!" Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 15:48:28 -0000 How do you feel about the security/doas port from OpenBSD? On Mon, Mar 13, 2017 at 11:41 AM, Harry Schmalzbauer wrote: > Dear list, > > after more than two decades of daily FreeBSD usage, I'm still astonished > that almost everybody else seems to use 'sudo'. > I don't use it because I don't agree with the idea to authorize with the > user password which I already used for current credentials. > > But, I'd like to profit from cached credentials, like I experienced on > MacOS. > > I agree with 'su root -c', which prompts for the SuperUser password to > get SuperUser priviledges and I once stumbled across a sudo-alternative > which does the same, but I don't remember it's name and it seems there > are a lot of more or less similar sudo-replacements. Unfortunately I > haven't ever tried any of these and am always short in time. Is there > any similar credential caching alternative like MacOS has? > > I'd highly appreciate suggestions, especially from people sharing my > sudo-objections. > > Thanks, > > -harry > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Phil Eaton