Bug#806852: change systemd scripts to drop to shell of user with sudo privileges

Anchal Nigam imthenachoman at gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 06:23:37 GMT 2019


I realize this is a very old thread but, from what I can tell, its still
the normal behavior with Debian and I had an idea.

As discussed the `--force` option is not very secure.

Instead, why not change the `systemd` scripts to open a shell as a regular
user who has login and `sudo` as `root` privileges? Like a system admin
maybe. That way they can login with their ID and then use `sudo` to become
root -- which would require their password again.

This seems like a far better and more secure option then currently
prescribed which is either to use `--force` or to not lock the `root`
account.

Thank you!
*_Nacho*
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