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[Godwin]

No, that means a PC behind a good firewall, at home, in a locked
closet in your computer room, w/ no services running.  Kinda like my
desktop.  :-)

On 7/22/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> So, no incoming network access?  That rules out any machine I attach
> to an untrusted LAN.
>
> On 7/22/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Surely.  This is for systems you're on daily and have little to no
> > chance of compromise...  :-)
> >
> > G-
> >
> > On 7/22/06, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > I agree - wasn't asking for it to do that, I wondered why. I would just as
> > > soon require a password to make changes, in case it wasn't me - if my
> > > computer was public.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On 7/22/06, Michael Mol <mikemol at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I hate to go offtopic, but why do people not want sudo to ask for a
> > > > password?  Sure there's convenience, but it makes it easy for anyone
> > > > with a minute's access to your system to completely compromise it with
> > > > an adduser action and a brief foray into /etc/sudoers.
> > > >
> > > > On 7/22/06, Godwin <geektoyz at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Ubuntu 5.04 (sudo-1.6.8p9-2ubuntu2.3):
> > > > >
> > > > > # User privilege specification
> > > > > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > > > > yourid   ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fedora 2 (sudo-1.6.7p5-26):
> > > > > # User privilege specification
> > > > > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > > > > yourid   ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > On 7/22/06, Bill Creswell <billcreswell at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I can't seem to run synaptic from the menu, because it asks for a
> > > password.
> > > > > > I type sudo synaptic
> > > > > > ( my sudoers file was just as Godwin said
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # User privilege specification
> > > > > > root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
> > > > > > youruseridhere   ALL=NOPASSWD: ALL)
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 7/20/06, Benjamin Eavey <ben at eavey.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > Supports command-line apt-get, so I have to really learn that - No
> > > way I
> > > > > > > > am using "Click n Run".
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > You can install Synaptic, if you'd like to ease into the Debian way
> > > of
> > > > > > > doing things.  It's a nice, easy-to-use GUI for Debian-based OSs.
> > > Just
> > > > > > > "apt-get update ; apt-get install synaptic" as root.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -Ben
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