Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 22nd Mar 2006 02:44 UTC
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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2005-07-06
...Is he advocating root or sudo accounts? Or applying protections to the sudo account? Or enabling the root account? I was confused reading it. On the other hand I am sick, and my bedtime was an hour ago... so I am a bit unfocused.
I think what the author is trying to say is, whether it is ROOT or SUDO... they are just tools. How safe and secure a tool is also depends on how the user utilise the tools.
The default settings my give one tool more advantage than the other tool in a particular situation, but not ALL situation.