Ubuntu user's report

Myles Green rmg57
Sat Dec 18 13:13:28 PST 2004


On Sat, 2004-18-12 at 08:45 -0800, Net Llama! wrote:
> I wasn't attacking ubuntu.  I just don't understand why sudo makes the
> box more secure.

Understood, but I don't believe I implied it was 'more' secure than any
other distro. As I understand it, they set it up that way to prevent
total noobies from just running as root. You'd have to check out the
website for a deeper explanation and glimpse into the "Ubuntu
Philosophy". 



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