security issue of Linux sudo command?

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Published on 2010-05-11T12:05:14Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 13:25 UTC
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Hello everyone,

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I am using Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux box. I find if a user is in /etc/sudoers file, then if the user run command with sudo, the user will run this command with root privilege (without knowing root password, the user runs sudo only need to input the user's own password in order to run a command with sudo). Is that correct understanding?

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If yes, then is it a security hole? Since users other than root could run with root privilege?

thanks in advance, George

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security issue of Linux sudo command?

Posted by George2 on Stack Overflow See other posts from Stack Overflow or by George2
Published on 2010-05-11T12:05:14Z Indexed on 2010/05/11 12:14 UTC
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Hello everyone,

1.

I am using Red Hat Enterprise 5 Linux box. I find if a user is in /etc/sudoers file, then if the user run command with sudo, the user will run this command with root privilege (without knowing root password, the user runs sudo only need to input the user's own password in order to run a command with sudo). Is that correct understanding?

2.

If yes, then is it a security hole? Since users other than root could run with root privilege?

thanks in advance, George

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