Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re=3A_=E2=80=9CWhat_a_Linux_root_user_can_do_-_and_8_ways?= =?UTF-8?Q?_you_should_absolutely_never_use_it=E2=80=9D?= Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 23:28:22 +0100 Lines: 21 Message-ID: <65c54mxda1.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> References: <10koqeb$1i9u5$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net OIiG1l1+T0qWnB3UxIO9dwuQwLWXb5UFVvWQilEWXu0Y/+cKX5 X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:/7xGK0b+VsSHxjALnVDJtKCzQYM= sha256:fQ1FwexBGD6sdOoHyU1s7FXV6MaPsV5nm2vHhG5VbVw= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: X-Leafnode-NNTP-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81381 On 2026-01-20 22:43, rbowman wrote: > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:00:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > >> Yeah, but sudo *is* for running things as root! You think running them >> via sudo is any better than however else you were thinking of doing >> those things as root? Maybe because typing sudo makes you aware that you are entering root territory? > > Sudo limits the damage. Become root with 'sudo su -' and you'd better not > have lapses of attention. I think it was OpenSUSE where if you were root > the wallpaper turned bright red with round, black bombs with smoking > fuses. Only one year, long ago. I liked it. -- Cheers, Carlos. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;