Sudo is like the safety on a firearm. It's there to hopefully prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot. It won't stop you if you're determined enough, though.
I don't know, I have to use SUDO so much that I would never think twice about it if what I was doing was unwittingly dangerous, you even have to su to the root user enough that I wouldn't think to hard about it.
Installed Debian for the first time in over 15 years the other day for my new homelab, forgot to add my user to the sudoers file, went to use the command
Error: User is not in sudoers file
You're no longer ratted out by Debian it seems, a sad day
24 Comments
JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org · 90 pts · 1y
Sudo is like the safety on a firearm. It's there to hopefully prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot. It won't stop you if you're determined enough, though.
stupidcasey@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
I don't know, I have to use SUDO so much that I would never think twice about it if what I was doing was unwittingly dangerous, you even have to su to the root user enough that I wouldn't think to hard about it.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Me when I put my gun in the holster with the safety off, then accidentally blow my own foot off
PerogiBoi@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 1y
By this logic, would su root be like breaking off the safety???
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Nah, just never turning it on again
kaeurennetwo@lemmy.world · 39 pts · 1y
Cassa@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 102 pts · 1y
Obligatory xkcd
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 1y
If root on every linux machine is Santa, that explains how he gets so much done.
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
Obligatory XKCD
https://xkcd.com/149
kaeurennetwo@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
ReginaPhalange@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 1y
You're welcome, I've run sudo show picture
Aggravationstation@feddit.uk · 31 pts · 1y
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Oh is that the bastard administrator from hell?
Cenzorrll@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
The first time I got this I thought I screwed up big time. Then, half a second later I was like "wait..."
Zozano@aussie.zone · 30 pts · 1y
Minewhile, NixOS:
"Nice try buddy, now step the fuck away from my read-only file system before I put my flake in your ass"
srestegosaurio@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 1y
And do not forget about impermanence everywhere.
Zozano@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 1y
NixOS Impermanence, Everywhere, All at Once (2022)
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 9 pts · 1y
miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 0 pts · 1y
randomjoh@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 1y
sudo chmod -R 777 / all gas no brakes
Xanza@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y
Probably the funniest linux meme I've seen in a few years. Nice.
MindlessHunter4@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 1y
And if that permit isn't valid it'll get reported to... someone.
gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 1y
Installed Debian for the first time in over 15 years the other day for my new homelab, forgot to add my user to the sudoers file, went to use the command
You're no longer ratted out by Debian it seems, a sad day
eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
On my Debian system, I still get mail when I failed to use sudo in time on a machine, and that gets reported via mbox.
First time ever, I had to look up "How do I check my debian mail?".
cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 1y
sudo show-me-pictures-of-cats.shvordalack@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
and then you rekt yourself and have to do a fresh install
ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y
Windows users as well
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sudo/
Mac users as well
https://iboysoft.com/wiki/sudo-mac-terminal.html