Re: [Hampshire] Directory permissions in Ubunut v Debian

2008/5/1 Paul Tansom <paul@???>:
> I keep thinking about asking this, but keep worrying about starting a
> Ubuntu v Debian thread! I'm having trouble finding any reference to any
> directory/file permissions changes that Ubuntu have made to Debian. I'm
> not a big fan (to say the least) of the Ubuntu security model (i.e. the
> fact that they give a user account full root access via sudo). I'm not
> really wanting to start a discussion on this [1] as it is relatively
> easily fixed - so long as there aren't any significant changes to
> permissions in order to give the user account access without having to
> resort to a root shell with sudo -i.
>
> I've done a bit of investigation on a box I have access to and I can't
> see anything particularly worrying, but it would be nice to find an
> official document. Much as I am a fan of Debian, the more pragmatic
> approach of Ubuntu has made things easier to install (notably on a
> server with nVidia chipsets throughout that completely floored a Debian
> install without far too much work to be practical). That said, for my
> own desktop I do seem to find that I'm picking apart a lot of what
> Ubuntu do in order to get it setup the way I'd like as I'm not a big fan
> of Gnome, even less so of KDE and the choices in XUbuntu don't match my
> requirements either [2] - so I'm almost trying to recreate the Debian
> install process!! Still, with by business head (excuse me Aunt Sally,
> you're sitting on it) on there's a lot to be said for Ubuntu.
>
> [1] I've been over it already on the Ubuntu mailing list and pretty much
> agreed to differ, although finding some common ground in that there
> should be a better alternative somewhere between sudo and root. It has
> also been referenced in a security article in the latest Linux Format,
> so I'm thankfull I'm not alone, although I did feel it a bit on the
> Ubuntu list!
>
> [2] My Ubuntu installs are majorly more resource hungry than my Debian
> ones (desktop wise) and I keep finding odd things happening like
> Evolution popping up when I've never used it (I really should purge it).
>

Um??? So where is the question? I don't see any question marks at all
in that entire email!!!