On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 12:34 -0600, Greg Oliver wrote: > 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 :) To each his own, but the password prompts for graphical admin tools are still using sudo, not su. -- Shaun _______________________________________________ gnome-list mailing list gnome-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-list
