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

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 12/Jul/2006 11:56 Albert Charron wrote ..
> 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)...

Thanks for the info ..
I am working on adding support for systems like this to Webmin.

Do you know of any other distros that are set up to only allow root access via
sudo by default?

 - Jamie