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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, James Miller wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Oct 2004, sindi keesan wrote:
>
> > Do you know why BL was not set up that way to start with?
>
> Simplicity for new Linux users?  Meantime, have a look at
>
> PACKAGE NAME:  sudo.tgz
> PACKAGE LOCATION:  ./slakware/ap1
> PACKAGE SIZE (compressed):  117 K
> PACKAGE SIZE (uncompressed):  270 K
> PACKAGE DESCRIPTION:
> sudo:     sudo-1.6.3p4
> sudo:
> sudo:     'sudo' is a command that allows users to execute some commands as
> sudo:     root.  The /etc/sudoers file (edited with 'visudo') specifies 
> which
> sudo:     users have access to sudo and which commands they can run.  'sudo'
> sudo:     logs all its activities to /var/log/ so the system administrator
> sudo:     can keep an eye on things.

Oops.  That's the entry from Slack 7.1, whereas I think Sindi is concerned
with BL3, and thus Slack 4.0.  But the file for 4.0 is in the same
directory and has the same name--just a slight difference in version
numbering and file size.

James