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Re: Looking at su versus sudo

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From	Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net>
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Subject	Re: Looking at su versus sudo
Date	Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:18:10 +0000
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On 22/03/14 15:32, Dag-Erling Smørgrav wrote:
> Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> writes:
>> [...] "sudo su -" requires the same password as the user does to log
>> in, meaning that if that user's password is stolen, so is their root
>> access.
>
> Not quite; sudo uses PAM, so you can configure it to require, say, a
> one-time password in addition to the user's regular password.
>
>> You can (and should) use a different password for your root
>> "principle" [...]
>
> s/principle/principal/
>

That may be me "correcting" to Queen's English from an americanism. But 
I'm not totally sure.

Principal = Head/Director - usually of a school or college.

Principle = First/foremost

What does "principle/principal" in terms of kerberos *actually* mean? 
"Foremost identity" in which case it should be "principle" unless 
US-English is different.

"Principal" is usually applied to humans - so that doesn't seem to fit. 
Unless it's used in the adjective?

Just curious...

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Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 13:18 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alan Ralph <alan.ralph@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 15:24 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-20 15:45 +0000
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-20 23:11 -0300
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-21 09:35 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2014-03-21 18:07 +0000
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Alvaro Martínez <alvaro.gmj@gmail.com> - 2014-03-22 00:23 -0300
  Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 10:07 +0000
    Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-22 16:32 +0100
      Re: Looking at su versus sudo Tim Watts <tw_usenet@dionic.net> - 2014-03-22 19:18 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-03-23 12:34 +0200
          Re: Looking at su versus sudo Bob Eager <news0002@eager.cx> - 2014-03-23 11:34 +0000
        Re: Looking at su versus sudo Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des@des.no> - 2014-03-23 13:03 +0100

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