[420] in athena10
Re: root logins
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Evan Broder)
Wed Aug 13 16:42:39 2008
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From: Evan Broder <broder@MIT.EDU>
To: Xavid <xavid@mit.edu>
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Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:40:27 -0700
Cc: Jonathan Reed <jdreed@mit.edu>, "athena10@mit.edu" <athena10@mit.edu>
I'm also a fan of using sudo, because it works with the "Athena 10 is
normal Ubuntu with some custom packages" thing. People who are used to
Linux expect sudo, not su with some obscure command to get the root
password.
- Evan
On Aug 13, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Xavid <xavid@MIT.EDU> wrote:
>
> On 2008/08/13, at 16:16, Jonathan Reed wrote:
>
>> Alternatively, is there a need for ordinary users to become root in
>> clusters any more?
>
> I know of at least one class (6.824) that had students become root
> in order to install a kernel module. In general, I think it's nice
> to let people who have a need for root to use it in clusters. In
> Athena 10, this would provide an easy way for people to
> (temporarily) install software without having to build it from
> source in a locker.
>
> Personally, I'd be in favor of using sudo instead of a widely-known
> root password for clusters, but I don't have any particularly
> compelling arguments either way.
>
> ~Xavid
