Local users get to play root?

Kevin Kofler kevin.kofler at chello.at
Thu Nov 19 03:44:11 UTC 2009


Richard Hughes wrote:
> F11 had retained authorisations, which arguably were more of a
> security weakness.

How's a retained autorization (ask for the root password once, remember the 
authorization (NOT the password! I know you know this, but I'm pointing this 
out for other readers who might fall into this common confusion)) less 
secure than a blanket authorization (don't ask for the root password at all, 
have the authorization pre-"remembered")?

        Kevin Kofler




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