the main reason root is in sudoers is so when you type (or copy/paste) as root it still works, but the instrux can be more general for users with sudoers privileges. On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:02 PM der.hans wrote: > Am 16. Oct, 2019 schwätzte Phil Waclawski so: > > moin moin, > > > So, I see the recent major bug with sudo, and on centos (unlike ubuntu > > flavors) I never use it. > > > > Is there a problem with just commenting out the > > > > root ALL = ALL(ALL) in the sudoers file? > > Depends on whether or not you have any scripts that depend on it. > > > I don't think su is in any way connected to sudoers, but I want to check > > before I do something stupid. > > su and sudo are different tools and still weren't interconnected a few > years ago. Haven't verified recently, but the should still not be > interconnected. > > Both are still SETUID for their superpowers. > > ciao, > > der.hans > > > I have done some searching and I can't get an answer about this so far. > > > > Phil Waclawski > > -- > # https://www.LuftHans.com https://www.PhxLinux.org > # SeaGL is mid-november in Seattle - https://SeaGL.org/ > # "It's your difference that gives you the power that you have." > # --Helen Mirren--------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- James McPhee jmcphe@gmail.com