On Vi, 29 ian 21, 13:23:19, Roberto C. Sánchez wrote: > > THe chief benefit of sudo is that it makes seeing who did what much > easier. Imagine admin1 uses su to become root and admin2 uses su to > become root. At that point, it is not possible to tell who did what by > looking at command history. With sudo, the invoking user would be > logged, which could help with troubleshooting and figuring out who to > ask why some specific action was taken. For me as sole user the benefits are added safety[1] for the ability to easily mix root and non-root commands as well as the convenience of running select commands without a password (e.g. 'apt update'). It also enables safe editing of system files via 'sudoedit' with my preferred editor fully configured, add-ons, etc.[2], as opposed to choosing between either running the editor as root (safety/security concerns and at least partial duplication of configuration) or using a lesser editor (that might be unsafe/vulnerable as well). [1] arguably added security as well, since previously I might have kept a root shell open all the time. [2] it does mangle filenames though, which may affect file type detection Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser
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