Re: [orca-list] Orca and Administration in Ubuntu 8.04 steps.

From: Jason White <jason jasonjgw net>
To: orca-list gnome org
Subject: Re: [orca-list] Orca and Administration in Ubuntu 8.04 steps.
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 20:12:48 +1000

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:48:20AM +0100, Alastair Irving wrote:

I'm not sure I agree with some of your permision changes.  In particular,
doesn't putting /etc/sudoers to 777 make it readable writable and executable
by everyone?  Then, since sudoers controls who can do what with sudo, surely
anyone can gain root access just by modifying the file?


Correct. This is guaranteed to give you a major security problem.

Follow-Ups:
- Re: [orca-list] Orca and Administration in Ubuntu 8.04 steps.
  - From: Daniel Dalton

References:
- [orca-list] Orca and Administration in Ubuntu 8.04 steps.
  - From: Darragh
- Re: [orca-list] Orca and Administration in Ubuntu 8.04 steps.
  - From: Alastair Irving

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