Re: [tlug] server installation best practices/ worksheet

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>> I never liked sudo, so I set up separate accounts for all admins (e.g.,
>> rfred, rnaoko, etc.) and just change the uid to 0 for these accounts
>> in /etc/passwd. I think this provides me with accountability, and if I
>> see someone has logged in as actual ``root'', it sends up a red flag.

That feels wrong, but I cannot work out why. Does each user get /root as
their home directory, or do they get their own .bash_history, etc?

The first (and in fact only) thing I do when I "only" have sudo access
is "sudo bash". The first time I tried it I was amazed it worked, but it
is so much easier than typing in a password every time (it is rare that
if I need root that I only need to run one command).

Darren