Feedback please

[Zahn Daltocli]

You have to be in the admin group to use sudo full stop. First user goes 
in the admin group as they "disable" root by default.

For workstation purposes I rate ubuntu over fedora (I use fedora core on 
a single server, because I had no choice, I prefer FreeBSD).  My view on 
fedora is really that it's in constant beta practically, it's stupidly 
bloated (even more so, when compared to ArchLinux [my laptop 
distribution]) and a not stable/reliable enough for fedora.

Don't get me wrong, I don't hate fedora. I just wish it was less bloated 
and better security.  When that happens, I'd probably actually migrate 
my servers to it and possibly my workstations too.

Cheers,
~ Tom

jim tate wrote:
> Mike wrote:
>> On Sat, 21 Apr 2007, jim tate wrote:
>>
>>> I have done a install of Kubuntu just to see how it work, I'm a 
>>> straight Fedora user and no desire to move to Ubuntu,
>>> I just want to see how it works as far as SU goes.
>>> In ubuntu , can any user type in sudo -s and get root privileges ?
>>> For Security reasons this distro scares me.
>>> I teach Linux at locale libraries and wanted to get a feel for 
>>> ubuntu before I can say yea or nay.
>>> And I don't want to go threw a bunch of hassles to track down a 
>>> Ubuntu forum just to ask one question about a distro
>>> that I'm not going to permanently use.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Jim
>>
>> I believe sudo -s and sudo -i is limited to users in the admin group. 
>> Look at the file /etc/sudoers on your Ubuntu box.  Also if I recall 
>> correctly users can be added and removed from groups using the 
>> gpasswd command.
>>
> But can any user perform those steps ?
> If so this unsafe allowing users to install anything they want.
> This is one of the main resones that Windows crashes so much, kids 
> being able to install anything.
>