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sudo, or not sudo: that is the question

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on
Linux.com; By Federico Kereki
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If you've dabbled even a little bit with security matters, you know that giving root rights or the root password to a common user is a bad idea. But what do you do if a user has a valid need to do something that absolutely requires root rights? The answer is simple: use sudo to grant the user the needed permissions without letting him have the root password, and limit access to a minimum.

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