[SunHELP] Locking down root

[David Ledger]

A couple of people mentioned sudo without pointing out how it solves 
the problem.

To give root (or any other) access, sudo asks for the user's password 
to prove who the user is.  That way, once you are configured into 
sudo you can get the boss to set root's passwd and keep it in their 
safe.   That way they _know_ nobody logs in as root and it's them who 
has to come out at 3am to give you the root passwd when you need it.

David

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David Ledger - Freelance Unix Sysadmin in the UK.
Chair of SysAdmin SIG of HP/Works technical user group
dledger at ivdcs.co.uk (also dledger at ivdcs.demon.co.uk)
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