On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 11:33 -0600, Shaun McCance wrote: > On Fri, 2008-02-15 at 12:06 -0800, Clark Dunson wrote: > > And Gnome overrides su/root?!? Whathehellis this dialog box?!?: > > > > > > "You are not allowed to access the system configuration" > > > > > > That is really bogus. I'm root!!! > > Actually, unless you've heavily customized Ubuntu, you're not. > Neither is anybody else. Ubuntu uses sudo, which allows normal > users to escalate their privileges without actually becoming > root. When prompted for a password for sudo, you do not type > a root password; you type your own password. This prevents > malicious scripts from simply assuming privileges without your > authorization. > Unless you are like me and "sudo passwd root" right after the install :) _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
