Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Ticket #34221, comment 70


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Oct 28, 2012, 1:50:04 PM (12 years ago)
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neverpanic (Clemens Lang)
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  • Ticket #34221, comment 70

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    44> You will need to edit /etc/sudoers to allow your user to use 'sudo port' without a password.
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    6 I don't think this is a good idea. Your Portfiles might be writable for your user depending on your configuration and tampering with the Portfiles would allow arbitrary commands to be run as root without password prompt, causing privilege escalation.
     6I don't think this is a good idea. Your Portfiles might be writable for your user depending on your configuration and tampering with the Portfiles would allow arbitrary commands to be run as root without password prompt, causing privilege escalation (but then, it wouldn't be a good idea to run them as root from a cronjob either).
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    88Jeremy: Isn't there a way around this problem? Can root's shell be changed?