Authentication question from HP labs

[PVR]

1. Yes.

2. Not always. For normal administration tasks we use su - root.

3. N/A

4. NO.

[Umapathy S]

) YES

2)No. su to root. Not strictly followed.

3) su to root

4) sudo is provided for normal users to start/stop some applications/processes.

Umapathy

[Peter Nikitka]

1) yes for the 'major ones'.

2) No, they login with their normal account.

3) Major admins su to root.
Specific tasks of other 'admins' are done by
'sudo' or self-developed programs with the
required s-bit.

4) Yes, sudo.

[John Donovan]

1. Yes.
2. Login with regular id, su to root.
3. NA
4. sudo is used on all systems by DBA for limited commands. The SA is also a sudo user just in case something happens to the root account. The SA also has restricted SAM access as another alternative.

[Donny Jekels]

1) yes
2) login with own id, then pbrun to root
3) ssh as yourself.