Re: sudo in the base system

[Bill Hacker <wbh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Matthew Dillon wrote:

>     Sudo is certainly popular enough to justify putting it in base, but I
>     have a big philosophical problem with the whole concept since its
>     purpose in life is basically to rip a hole in UNIX's user
>     compartmentalization.  It gives me nightmares of big gaping security
>     holes in any system where it is installed.
>
> 					-Matt
> 					Matthew Dillon 
> 					<dillon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


ACK.

A needful item on a Mac or Linux box, but shouldn't be there on *BSD IMHO.

chmod 500 /usr/bin/sudo

. .keeps the Mac out of trouble between (scrutinized) updates.

Bill Hacker