Local users get to play root?

Matthew Woehlke mw_triad at users.sourceforge.net
Fri Nov 20 00:44:35 UTC 2009


Konstantin Ryabitsev wrote:
> Moreover, even sudo doesn't ask me again if I invoke it
> within 5 minutes of using it (or however long it is).

It does if it was kdesu asking (at least, it's supposed to; otherwise a 
malicious app can gain privilege by waiting for you to use kdesu and 
then immediately asking for privilege).

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