On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:48 PM, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Am 28.03.2012 15:43, schrieb suvayu ali: >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 15:35, Reindl Harald <h.reindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Am 28.03.2012 15:26, schrieb suvayu ali: >>>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 15:18, Mark Haney <markh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> markh ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL >>>> >>>> This should be: >>>> >>>> %markh ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL >>> >>> why? this would mean GROUP markh >>> see examples in /etc/sudoers! >>> >> >> Because I did _mean_ group markh. I had overlooked that you could >> specify individual users too. Since by default all users belong to a >> group named after itself, specifying as a group should work too. > > one of the odd defaults many are not using > > why should i have a group with the name of my user > if it has only one user - or why should i put the > user "caroline" in group "harry" except for chaos > > no idea who invented this silly default, however, do not > assume all people are using defaults all the time It was "invented" by a number of people who understood how to get along without ACLs and capabilities and all the stupid machinery necessary to support them. Adding ACLs and capabilities to a *nix system is like giving the car owner a rope to tie his car door shut when there's already a perfectly good lock on the door. Or screen doors on a submarine, take your pick. -- Joel Rees -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
