4 Jan
2023
4 Jan
'23
6:37 p.m.
On 2023-01-04 at 16:40, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. (n1ea@arrl.net) wrote:
"sudo" is useful for blind people and forgetful people to avoid the terminal being in "root" mode. All sorts of damage or at least unexpected things can happen when commands are given in a root terminal and "sudo" minimizes this danger.
It also has the advantage of controlling who uses root.
Back in olden daze when AT&T controlled Unix much the annoyance of many to go to root, you entered su then the root password.
I've been lazy in the past, and didn't use "sudo" thinking I was a "big boy" and wanted to wear "big boy pants" only to run commands under root that made my system unusable.
There are two things you learn early. Are you root? and what system are you logged into?
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