<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">On Wed, Jan 4, 2023 at 4:25 PM Al Jones <<a href="mailto:al@aljones.us">al@aljones.us</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-937077503047134205"><div>Why do all you linux people run sudo ops, wouldn't it be better to just run the real thing??<br><br></div>
<div>(( I really know what it stands for but this thread is long enough now to handle one wise comment, no? ))<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">"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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">I don't always check to see if my terminal has # or $ at the start indicating if it is a USER terminal or an ADMINISTRATOR terminal (root).</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">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.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">73</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">DR</div></div></div>