From: Caleb Clausen <vikkous@...>
Date: 2010-04-07T04:42:59+09:00
Subject: Re: $SAFE=0 for setuid?

On 4/6/10, Rick Ashton <expiation@devils.com> wrote:
> That's what I'm saying. You need to escalate the current user's privs
> using sudo. You can't have root privs without escalation (ie. log in as
> root) in Ubuntu or OS X since the root account is disabled as it uses
> the sudo paradigm.

Although (logging in to) the root account is disabled _by_default_ on
Ubuntu, you can certainly enable it. I believe the same is true of the
mac, tho it's been a while since I really used a mac. Just because
they try to shove sudo down your throat doesn't mean you have to
swallow it.