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OS X Sudo vs. Root: The Real Story

Posted by slippery on · 5 comments
Linux Box Admin; By Keith Winston 		Mail this story
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In Mac OS X, the root account is disabled by default. The first user account created is added to the admin group and that user can use the sudo command to execute other commands as root. The conventional wisdom is that sudo is the most secure way to run root commands, but a closer look reveals a picture that is not so clear.

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Comments (5)

tadelste ·
I thought I would just point out that Ubuntu uses sudo similarly to OS X.
cjcox ·
Which is fine of course.

There's nothing horribly "wrong" per se with the article. I guess there are some that don't understand sudo (thinking it's some way of restricting access)... and I'm thinking the author of the article might be one of them (emphasis on might).
jimf ·
Lol,, Ubuntu isn't the only one. This is SOP for Debian too.
tadelste ·
jimf, why can't I have some fun with the OS X people who believe they invented all the conventions of GNU/Linux?
jimf ·
Oh, they did, they did :D.

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