What is the point of sudo?

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Subject: What is the point of sudo?
From: Ian <nairanvac@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 12:06:51 -0500
Message-id: <[🔎] a4e9e660050828100654144139@mail.gmail.com>

I know it provides a fake root environment for work, but why would you want that?

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