configuring sudo by default
Karsten 'quaid' Wade
kwade at redhat.com
Wed Sep 24 14:46:26 UTC 2008
On Sat, 2008-09-13 at 14:02 +0200, Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> But a checkbox with a text "User is the sysadmin for this system" might
> makes sense in firstboot -- that checkbox could not only configure sudo
> and/or PolicyKit access but also do other things like setting up a alias
> to /etc/aliases to make sure the user in question retrieves the mail
> send to root.
+1
From a documentation perspective, not having 'sudo' setup by default is
a major PITA. We have these options currently in writing:
a. In each document that requires doing actions as root, have a section
that explains how to configure 'sudo'
1. Or we have to send them out to a stand-alone Sudo How To, which can
be described as, "sucky reader experience."
b. Use 'su -c' in all situations, despite other Linux tutorials commonly
using sudo
b.1 Why does this matter? It's good to follow a common practice to
make readers more familiar and comfortable; tutorials can more easily be
reused or apply to Fedora.
b.2 Also 'su' requires knowing the root password, where 'sudo'
doesn't.
The situation we have without 'sudo' configured by user-who-is-admin is
that the user must know and use the root password on a regular basis.
Super evil may ensue. Makes writing documentation exponentially more
difficult.
- Karsten
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