Very Computer

I have been told there are security problems with using sudo to give non
root users the ability to run certain programs as root. Can anyone fill me
in on the details?

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It's much better than giving out the root password in most cases,
since with sudo you can track what people do.

Of course, if you've given sudo to malicious users, then you're
completely sunk.

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