security issue of Linux sudo command?
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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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