[nylug-talk] sudo vs 'ssh as root'

[Marco Romeny]

On 7/9/07, Michael Hrivnak <mhrivnak at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> watch them and possibly answer prompts.  With sudo, you can allow him or her
> to run only "aptitude" and "reboot" as root.  That gives the intern all the
> privileges necessary to get the job done, while limiting his or her ability
> to poke around other places and potentially break something.

If I were an evil intern I would pack up a Cray-C Hax0r .deb and install it with
aptitude:)   Luckily, most interns love their offices...

Hooray for rain!