Re: Improving gksu: lib, server, basic client

[Gustavo Noronha Silva]

Em Mon, 27 Oct 2003 23:17:51 -0200, Allan Douglas <address@hidden> escreveu:

> 
> > > Imagine: You are gone, buying Passatempo. But you leaved the computer on,
> > > X running, and gksud open. Your little hacker sister then sits down on
> > > computer, make a fake client, and run it with _your user_. Great! She now
> > > knows that your password is "ihatemysister", a good excuse for deleting
> > > your home dir...
> > 
> > That might happen to sudo, and is much easier, I think.
> 
> No, that can't happen to sudo. Sudo doesn't keep the password, sudo doesn't 
> show the password... (see my other email)

But someone can still appear and type 'sudo stuff', anyway.

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