Re: [Hampshire] xubuntu su <>sudo question

On 12/07/2009 10:05, Tim wrote:
> I am setting up an old laptop for my son which is running xubuntu 9.04. I don't
> want him to be able to "sudo" so I set a password for su, I typed
>
> sudo passwd
>
> I then typed in a password which was accepted, now if I type su in a terminal
> screen it asks for the above password and root access is obtained. But if as a
> normal users if go into add\remove (programs) it will ask for a password for
> the users and by entering the users password it gives me root access, if I try
> the su (root) password I setup it gets rejected. How can I change this??
>

All you did was set a password for root, you didn't actually change your
sudoers configuration at all, which apparently still allows at least
some users to sudo.

Take a look at /etc/sudoers


Mart.