Going to fire things off with a post based off a blog i read a little while ago about sudo and it’s benifits..
Whilst sudo is great for allowing users to perform certain commands which may require elevated privileges, it’s absolutely no replacement for the more traditional su. What sudo provides, sudo is for users who aren’t supposed to have root privileges, for things such as changing network settings, installing pieces of software etc., whilst su gives you a full root command line where everything is possible. However, sudo should never be used to grant yourself full privileges to do anything you want on the box, as allowing such behaviour introduces security issues with weak passwords or brute forcing. Read the rest of this entry »