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тАО06-16-2009 07:24 AM
тАО06-16-2009 07:24 AM
Can anyone tell me the difference between sudo, csu and sroot. How they are differ from each other.
Thanks
Vishu
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тАО06-16-2009 08:11 AM
тАО06-16-2009 08:11 AM
Re: sudo v/s csu v/s sroot
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тАО06-16-2009 08:24 AM
тАО06-16-2009 08:24 AM
Solutiona) don't know the acronym 'csu'.
b) Know of 'sroot' as a proprietory application from AT&T that is not as good as 'sudo'. I used 'sroot' at AT&T in 2000 but did not see it when I was there in 2007. In 2007 the AT&T department that I was a part of used 'sudo'.
c) 'sudo' beleaved by many to be the superior product. There is a /etc/sudousers configuration file that can be a little difficult to set up. You define groups of users and groups of command sets.
Both b and c log all the commands issued. This is the many reason for both, as root by itself leaves no log or footprint accept in the history file and this can be easily played with.
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тАО06-16-2009 01:17 PM
тАО06-16-2009 01:17 PM
Re: sudo v/s csu v/s sroot
"sudo date" would show in the log.
while "sudo sh" would also show up in the log, and commands run within that shell won't log. If that's the desired outcome, you need to look at something like PowerBroker, or sudosh2 (I think it was) was mentioned here.
see this thread:
http://forums13.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1342438
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тАО06-16-2009 09:52 PM
тАО06-16-2009 09:52 PM
Re: sudo v/s csu v/s sroot
sudo is very easy to configure and very good tool for giving controlled access to non-root users.
for eg:
you can delegate all printing jobs to an operator.
Which one is better: Depends on your needs.
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тАО06-17-2009 02:02 AM
тАО06-17-2009 02:02 AM
Re: sudo v/s csu v/s sroot
what do u mean by csu and sroot?
sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user
sudo determines who is an authorized user by consulting the file /etc/sudoers
thanks and regards
Sajjad Sahir
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тАО06-17-2009 04:29 AM
тАО06-17-2009 04:29 AM
Re: sudo v/s csu v/s sroot
csu do you mean su?
sroot never heard of it
sudo is a recognized method of granting commands or command groups normally reserved for root to normal users.
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