Re: Sudo

[David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk>]

On Sat 25 Jan 2020 at 11:29:26 (-0700), Harold Hartley wrote:
> Like what.

I think the curiosity is directed at Patrick Bartek's views on sudo.
(Mine too.)

However, what I'd like to see is some actual commands and their
error messages please.

All we've had so far is vague recollections, and a command that
can't possibly work:   su apt-get update

> On Sat, Jan 25, 2020, at 11:27, Paul Johnson wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 11:40 AM Patrick Bartek <nemommxiv@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Sat, 25 Jan 2020 09:39:28 -0700
> > >  "Harold Hartley" <wheelie207@ownmail.net> wrote:
> > > 
> > >  > I did a net-install and installed with no problems.
> > >  > The only problem I’m having is when I want to check for updates or install a file, it tells me that I’m not in the sudoers file.
> > >  > I’m not sure what’s going on, but I’m the only one on the system and should have admin access anyways.
> > >  > Hope someone has an answer for this problem.
> > > 
> > >  I never use sudo. I consider it too much a security risk even on a
> > >  system with only a single user. 
> > 
> > I'm curious for more on this perspective.

Cheers,
David.