Rony Bill wrote:
My only query is that if root access is not allowed for security, still anyone can simply sudo and gain access. How is the system protected from outside. If anyone can hack into the user account, can he then sudo and play ball? How secure is this sudo?
The "sudo" command prompts you for the user account password, so the hacker will need to know a few details before playing ball.
This distro's flavours (Ubuntu with GNOME, and Kubuntu with KDE) are aimed at home PC users (with an Edubuntu flavour with LTSP support for institutes).
Servers would need more security than Ubuntu (or Kubuntu, or Edubuntu) can provide out-of-the-box, and more likely have something like SELinux installed. However, I'm sure apt-get can bring something to Ubuntu's rescue.
Just wanted to share that I've been a Kubuntu 5.10 (Ubuntu 5.10 with KDE instead of GNOME) laptop user for almost 2 months now, and I have upgraded it with KDE 3.5 just two days ago. And I didn't have to be a genius to do it! Thats the beauty of Ubuntu & it's flavours (and it's burgeoning user communities).
Psst... On a side note, I hear theres going to be a GNUbuntu soon for the loyalists. RMS just struck a deal with Shuttleworth for that. ;)