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Re: Sudo

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On 03/19/2016 01:01 PM, Andrew McGlashan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 20/03/2016 3:15 AM, Frank Jones wrote:
>> I have only been using Linux for a short time why cant I use SUDO on the
>> terminal with Debian I use it with Linu Mint.
> There is, or was at the very least, an installation choice of whether or
> not to setup sudo.
>
> It is not foreign to /normal/ Debian.
>
> Regards
> AndrewM
>
I usually use PCLinuxOS, a distro which has a great distaste for sudo. 
As the debian people note, su allows someone with a root password (and
nobody else) to make system modifications, etc., which might harm the 
operation of the system. Sudo basically allows anyone with a user password
to do the same thing, and that's dangerous. The proper use of sudo 
(there IS a proper use) is to assign _specific_ tasks to some specific user,
so that such user can do _only_ certain tasks, like downloading programs 
from the repos, but not other tasks, which are assigned only to those
who have root password permissions, and presumably know what they're doing.

--doug

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Sudo Frank Jones <sandyman45@sky.com> - 2016-03-19 17:40 +0100
  Re: Sudo humbert.olivier.1@free.fr - 2016-03-19 17:50 +0100
  Re: Sudo Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2016-03-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Sudo doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-03-19 18:40 +0100
      Re: Sudo John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-03-19 18:50 +0100
        Re: Sudo Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 06:10 +0100
          Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 09:30 +0100
          Re: Sudo Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-03-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: Sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-19 19:40 +0100
      Re: Sudo Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-19 20:10 +0100
        Re: Sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-19 20:40 +0100
          Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 09:30 +0100
            Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 05:40 +0100
              Re: Sudo Wolf Halton <wolf.halton@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 06:30 +0100
                Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 17:10 +0100
                Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-21 18:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 22:30 +0100
              Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 09:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-21 10:20 +0100
                Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 22:40 +0100
                Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-22 09:00 +0100
              Re: Sudo Thomas D Dial <tdial@cox.net> - 2016-03-24 03:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-03-24 14:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 15:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-03-24 16:20 +0100
                Re: Sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-25 06:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-03-25 11:30 +0100
              Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 20:40 +0200
                Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 16:00 +0200
  Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-19 18:20 +0100
  Re: Sudo John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-03-19 18:40 +0100
  Re: Sudo Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-03-19 19:50 +0100
  Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-19 22:50 +0100
    Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 01:30 +0100
      Re: Sudo Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 01:50 +0100
        Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 02:00 +0100
          Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-20 02:40 +0100
  Re: Sudo Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-03-21 06:00 +0100
    Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 11:00 +0100
      Re: Sudo shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 12:00 +0100

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