On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 11:07:42AM +0100, mick crane wrote: [...] > well normal user isn't supposed to do system things. Sudo makes me > nervous. You don't seem to understand sudo. It lets you control finely under which conditions a normal user is able to change to root. One posibility (one edit of /etc/sudoers away) would be "never", if you like that. Another (imo more sensible) would be: when doing backup, always; when installing packages, only this or that user, giving her credentials; or giving root's credentials. You name it. Cheers -- t
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