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From: Grant Taylor <gtaylor@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!!
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:17:30 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <09a7ac00-25d8-da1f-e952-dfbf8b1a11f4@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221026210823.70f96fcc@digimed.co.uk>

On 10/26/22 2:08 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote:
> So they have root access, nothing has changed. How they get root 
> access is irrelevant, just that they have it.

No, how they get root access is not irrelevant.

If your only access to root is via sudo and you break sudo you no longer 
have root access.

If you don't have root access through something other than sudo, you 
can't fix your sudo (from your existing system).



-- 
Grant. . . .
unix || die


  reply	other threads:[~2022-10-26 20:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-10-26  2:34 [gentoo-user] Update to /etc/sudoers disables wheel users!!! Walter Dnes
2022-10-26  3:04 ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:15   ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26  3:34     ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:40       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26  3:44     ` Matt Connell
2022-10-26 16:21       ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 17:15         ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 17:31           ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26 20:17             ` Dale
2022-10-26 21:26               ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2022-10-26 22:44                 ` Dale
2022-10-27  1:23                   ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  3:01                     ` Dale
2022-10-27  7:55                       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  7:59                         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 23:55                 ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26  6:31   ` [gentoo-user] " Walter Dnes
2022-10-26  7:42     ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 11:31       ` Rich Freeman
2022-10-26 14:41         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 16:52       ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 17:12         ` [gentoo-user] " Grant Edwards
2022-10-26 17:54           ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:04         ` [gentoo-user] " Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:22           ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 19:28             ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 20:08               ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 20:17                 ` Grant Taylor [this message]
2022-10-26 21:13                   ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 21:29                     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 21:48               ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 23:06                 ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-27  1:27                   ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-27  1:47                     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-27  7:53                       ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 18:35           ` Jack
2022-10-26 18:38             ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 20:06               ` Neil Bothwick
2022-10-26 21:27                 ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 21:30                   ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 19:31             ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 19:26           ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26 18:04         ` Ramon Fischer
2022-10-26 16:38     ` Grant Taylor
2022-10-26  3:12 ` Matt Connell
2022-10-26  4:00 ` Anna “CyberTailor”

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