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Will Linux’s New run0 Command Run sudo Out of Town? (www.howtogeek.com)

submitted 4 months ago by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] Cryxtalix@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

The permission to do admin things is given by the root user, to your account. So you have to verify your identity by entering your password.

Isn't that how it is? I though that was analogous to how almost everything worked IRL. Whether withdrawing funds from a bank or engaging government services, you prove your identity as a customer/citizen to get the relevant services. At no point do you login to bank or government computers with full privileges.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If you own your own bank, then i think you login as the one with full previlages. Yes when doing administrator things, you have to use sudo. The problem with root with sudo is, you authenticate as a user, then gain full permission from root, i.e analogous to login in to bank with full previlages.

As a person who need to run sudo command its better to just verify yourself as root user to gain "full access". I'm not saying about partial previlages. That is i just need a script which is just su -c with environment variables being copied

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see where you're coming from, but in enterprise environments, you have admin accounts and root login is disabled for security purposes.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 months ago

Sure. Sudo is a super useful tool in such places. The problem I have is that it is stuffed into the desktop