#5537 HIGH Update.: Use sudo, not su, to get root.

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Tue Dec 18 18:23:30 EST 2007


#5537: Use sudo, not su, to get root.
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  Reporter:  cscott  |       Owner:  cscott  
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new     
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Update.1
 Component:  distro  |     Version:          
Resolution:          |    Keywords:          
  Verified:  0       |  
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Comment(by cjb):

 > How would sudo prevent activities from becoming root

 Sugar is started as user olpc, but activities aren't; they get their own
 UID.  (Once Rainbow is turned on; it isn't in the G1G1 build.)

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/5537#comment:3>
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