[olug] To Sudo or Not to Sudo, That is the Question

Tony Reinke treinke at gmail.com
Thu Oct 30 03:54:07 UTC 2008


T. J. Brumfield wrote:
> I never use sudo.  As soon as a I open a terminal (yakuake) I type su
> - and go straight to then running all commands as root.  If I have to
> do something as a normal user, I open a new terminal tab.
>
> I find it extraneous to constantly use sudo.  That's just how I roll.
>
> What about everyone else?
>
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It just depends on the system.  My systems at work, no one, not even me,
is to su or log in directly.  At home, it just depends on what I am
doing and the mood I am in.



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