sux, an enhancer for su
Kee Hinckley
nazgul at alphalpha.com
Sat Apr 27 12:45:08 AEST 1991
In article <130394 at uunet.UU.NET> kyle at uunet.uu.net (Kyle Jones) writes:
>safety. Using a root shell is like using a table saw without the
>guard plate. Make it easy for people to become root when they
>need to, and they're less likely to run as root when they don't
>need to. This is what the command is supposed to offer. As for
>the consequences, well, there are always tradeoffs.
If that's the case, then don't bother starting a shell. Just
have a one shot command executor.
I've been using:
be user-name command-name arguments...
for years. It's great. I don't become root to do things I don't
have to, I become exactly as powerful as I have to.
I wouldn't recommend it in an environment where you don't trust
people though.
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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
everyone else's.
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