Re: Adding OpenBSD sudo to the FreeBSD base system?

From: Giorgos Keramidas (keramida_at_freebsd.org)
Date: 07/19/05

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To: Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se>

    On 2005-07-19 11:16, Joachim Str?mbergson <watchman@ludd.ltu.se> wrote:
    > Aloha!
    >
    > (I've Googled around a bit, but failed to find much previous posts about
    > this though I'm sure it has been discussed...)
    >
    > Have anybody (in core etc) considered adding a sudo implementation to
    > thr FreeBSD base system. At least for me, sudo is an important part of
    > implementing good security policy in FreeBSD.
    >
    > Yes, it is available as a port, but in a similar fashion of for example,
    > isn't sudo important enough to be included as an imported tool in the
    > base system?
    >
    > My thought was to sync/import the sudo implementation from OpenBSD. Bad
    > idea?

    Maybe not so bad if the OpenBSD version of sudo has useful enhancements
    of any sort (i.e. has gone through a thorough security audit, or it
    includes features that are not available through the Ports version,
    or if the OpenBSD sudo uses a BSD and not an ISC-style license).

    - Giorgos

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