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

[Amy Mason]

I mostly only use sudo, because its what I know.. Also I know rm is remove
but what evil things does the -rf switch do?


On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:02 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com>wrote:

> In a work environment it makes sense to elevate users to track
> history, unless only one guy is responsible for that box.  We only
> have one dedicated Linux admin where I work.
>
> I also think every Linux box (home or otherwise) should set up a few
> helpful aliases to protect against the rogue rm -rf command.
>
> -- T. J.
>
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the environment at work where we have sudo set up properly, I never
> > su to root or login as such. At home, where I'm the only person that
> > can screw something up, I'll log in as root.
> >
> > If you need tracking such as to identify just who it was that ran the
> > command `sudo rm -rf /*`, sudo is a great tool. If you need to give a
> > QA Analyst the ability to bounce a service without being able to
> > modify that service at all, it's a great tool. For a sandbox or a home
> > system, however, it's unnecessary.
> >
> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Tony Reinke <treinke at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> 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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