looks like shit thanks
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What is sudo?
"Substitute user do", most commonly used on Linux to run your command as superuser (think admin mode on Windows)
That still sounds so weird, as opposed to the old “super user do”.
Ah, I understand, thanks
Finally! The day I've been waiting for so long. Goodbye Linux, hello Windows!
- nobody ever
In your mind, do you really think that is the intention here? Seems more like a convenience for people who use both Linux and Windows.
I have to use both so I welcome it.
Seriously. My home PC runs Linux primarily, but I sysadmin both Windows and Linux at work and this will be very convenient. Forgetting to run PowerShell as admin is always frustrating, especially when I have the commands and variables already established.
Ok, so yea just a "better" version of runas. I can see it being a bit easier when you just need to do the one thing as admin, but overall just opening an admin windows is still going to be the best way.
I really think the security issues makes it not worth enabling.
Yep. It's basically an alias for:
runas /user:administrator
If you want to open a new command line window with admin privs you can always do:
runas /user: administrator CMD.exe
Which is of course on Linux this would kinda be like running:
sudo su
It's not just an alias. It seems to be able to configurably block user input for sudo'd commands, retain the existing environment, ditch it and open a new window, and remember that you've sudo'd in the last minute or so.
Nice.
Tell me it has a better configuration format than sudo.
(I've ditched sudo for OpenBSD 'doas' across the board ever since it made its way into debian's repos)
better configuration format
Well, there's only three choices to choose from and set through a command, soooo...
Also switched to doas on Arch. Works great.
I wonder if "please" is nice too, but it's such a long word to type.
pls
and i'm thinking about switching to doas.
Honest question: what am I missing out on with sudo?
Would love to use a smaller, single-user multi-account, version of sudo. If (on Debian based) doas can remember I entered the password a command ago in the same bash terminal, and had more adoption/eyes on it, then I'd use it.
Its much lighter, sudo goes outside of its intended purpose
Install Linux already, get it over with. Windows has been and still is a sad joke, why pay for that crap?
Because business uses Windows services, which are, by far, the most common. And when collaborating and sharing files is essential this is a major deal breaker. I love *nix but it just wouldn’t work as well in the business world until there are wide spread services that replicate or do better than what Microsoft does with enterprise support and pricing in mind.
Sure, tell my corporate overlords to do that, on thousands of computers across the globe.
At home i can do what I want, at work I have to bow down.
People pay for windows?
You can get a legit Windows 11 key for like 5 bucks, no reason not to install it honestly. Even if only for dual booting, it can save you a lot of headaches.
Soooo revolutionary and unique like Phone Link
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