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

[T. J. Brumfield]

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?
>>>
>>> -- T. J.
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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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people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."
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