updated NO_ROOT_SUDO entry

1996-01-16 19:37:56 +00:00
parent 94535bae60
commit 6a5d75b5cc
1 changed files with 3 additions and 2 deletions
--- a/5
+++ b/5
@@ -35,8 +35,9 @@ MAXLOGFILELEN
    The default is 80.

 NO_ROOT_SUDO
-    Don't let root run sudo.  This is historical from when doing "sudo sudo"
-    would give you a root shell.  You probably don't want to define this.
+    Don't let root run sudo.  This can be used to prevent people from
+    "chaining" sudo commands to get a root shell by doing something
+    like "sudo sudo /bin/sh".
    This is off by default.

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