I’ve always been very wary of using sudo for anything more than the simplest cases. I quite like the Ubuntu approach of using sudo to gain root privileges instead of su, it’s nice and simple and doesn’t give any suggestion of power being restricted, all it really achieves is the avoidance of the root password. A complicated sudo configuration has always seemed like a great way to hand out complete root privilege whilst being under the false impression that everything is nice and secure. This recent blog article I spotted has confirmed in my mind that heavy reliance on sudo really is a recipe for disaster.
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