sudo and secure-path

Karlos Smith kazen at redhat.com
Wed Nov 19 16:02:04 UTC 2008


Karlos Smith wrote:
> --secure-path wasn't added for security reasons as far as I can tell. 
> It was added so people could type "sudo ifconfig" instead of "sudo
> /sbin/ifconfig".
>   
Quick Clarification:  Yes the "--secure-path" was added to sudo as a
security feature.  But it would appear that the main reason that
*security* feature was enabled in Fedora was for ease of use, *not*
security.

carry on...

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