Re: [SLUG] Lindows experience.

[Sridhar Dhanapalan <sridhar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:56, Jeff Waugh <jdub@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> <quote who="Sridhar Dhanapalan">
> > Also, are there any security implications of this? Doesn't it mean that
> > in a default setup, any local user can gain root access? Please correct
> > me if I'm wrong.
>
> Absolutely not. Have a look at /etc/sudoers to see the configuration. In
> warty, it gave full sudo access to the initial user created. In hoary, it
> gives full sudo access to members of the admin group (which the initial
> user is a member of).

Is it a good idea to give *full* sudo access to the initial user by default? 
This sounds like a security problem to me.

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