root password prompts

[Andrew Parker]

On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 5:19 AM, Rahul Sundaram <metherid at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 05/27/2010 02:42 PM, Mike McCarty wrote:
>> I'm aware of that information.
>>
>> Well, it seems that I was not clear enough in my statement.
>>
>
> There is no lack of clarity.   When people refer to sudo remembering
> passwords, they are certainly referring to the functionality and not the
> implementation details (which most people don't know and dont want to
> know).  While you might argue that the terminology is incorrect and you
> are technically right,  I don't see much of a gain in being nit picky
> about it.  If you think you can expoud on the implementation details and
> get everyone to use a different terminology, I am afraid you are going
> to end up being very frustrated.   The boat has sailed on that long back.
>
> Rahul

I disagree.  Nit picking details in this industry is essential for
progress and understanding.  Defending flawed terminology that imply
security holes when they don't exist is foolish.  I would like to
thank Mike for his explanations, I for one have learnt something
today.