From: Peter H. Coffin (hellsop_at_ninehells.com)
Date: Wed Apr 16 2003 - 09:16:59 PDT
On Wed, Apr 16, 2003 at 03:17:24PM +0200, Jens Baumeister wrote:
>
> Am Mittwoch, 16.04.03 um 15:05 Uhr schrieb Hans Derycke:
>
> > --- rpatel_at_accelrys.com wrote:
> >> When installing things I suspect gui installer packages are wrappers
> >> for
> >> sudo to
> >> give you 'psuedo' root access.
> >
> > I don't think that is the case. During most installs, the installer
> > will ask for an administrator username and password, but never for the
> > root password.
> >
> So will sudo. That's exactly what it's made for: Allow users to perform
> action as another user without giving out that user's password.
Smells like the "admin group" is likely the list that other *nix&clones
simply stick in /etc/sudoers and have done with. Installers and such are
doing hidden sudo wrappers with that.
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