Gogo Sempai to linuxmemes@lemmy.world • 11 months agoUmm guys...programming.devimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1443
arrow-up1443imageUmm guys...programming.devGogo Sempai to linuxmemes@lemmy.world • 11 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squareAndrewcakelinkfedilink7•11 months agoThat’s kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
minus-square@Nazlink1•11 months agoHow can that be true when nearly every command asks for root, including regular system updates? E.g: Sudo apt-get upgrade
minus-square@Crashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink2•11 months agoThat’s what “sudo” does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
minus-squareAndrewcakelinkfedilink1•11 months agoNot nearly every command, at least if you use terminal a lot. My point was about using root as a main user/account. It’s not safe to do this. If you use/need root privileges for some commands, then you use non-root user/account.
That’s kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
How can that be true when nearly every command asks for root, including regular system updates? E.g: Sudo apt-get upgrade
That’s what “sudo” does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
Not nearly every command, at least if you use terminal a lot. My point was about using root as a main user/account. It’s not safe to do this. If you use/need root privileges for some commands, then you use non-root user/account.