Re: [webmin-l] Webmin 1.290 Debian package available

[Albert C. <ach...@vi...>]

Mike Hagedon - Physiology Technical Support wrote:
> On Wednesday 12 July 2006 11:39, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>> On 12/Jul/2006 11:32 Albert Charron wrote ..
>>
>>> Mike Hagedon - Physiology Technical Support wrote:
>>>> On Wednesday 12 July 2006 10:29, Jamie Cameron wrote:
>>>>> Thanks for the info ..
>>>>> Does Ubuntu allow you to sudo to root without needing to
>>>>> re-enter your password?
>>>>>
>>>>>  - Jamie
>>>> Jamie,
>>>> No, you must type your password the first time you sudo. You don't have
>>> to
>>>
>>>> type it again unless you don't use sudo for some defined period of time
>>> (not
>>>
>>>> sure where that's set).
>>>>
>>>> Mike
>>> That's what I though Jamie was asking... Too bad English isn't my main
>>> language ;)
>> Yes, thanks :)
>> I was also wondering if Ubuntu allows ANY user to sudo to root, or just
>> some limited set of users (like the initial non-root account).
>>
>>  - Jamie
> 
> According to these lines, I assume only members of the admin group can sudo.
> 
> # Members of the admin group may gain root privileges
> %admin ALL=(ALL) ALL
> 
> My initial account (mike) was automatically in the admin group. I just created 
> another account on my test server (Ubuntu 6.06 server) called miketest. That 
> account was not added to the admin group and sudoing either got nothing 
> or "miketest is not in the sudoers file.  This incident will be reported."
> So I guess only the initial users can sudo unless you add others to the admin 
> group.
> 
> Hope that helps,
> Mike

Same thing here... and yes, if you manually add a user to the admin 
group, this user will be allowed to have root privileges with sudo (just 
tested)...

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