Why do all the sudo? [was Re: Software updater no longer functional]

[Karl Auer]

On Mon, 2017-01-23 at 07:38 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> > It's safer for experienced people too.
> I explained why it isn't safer, so please explain were I'm mistaken.

You provided a few edge cases where use of sudo could lead to an
unwanted command being executed.

For the vast majority of common tasks requiring root privileges, there
are GUI programs that request those privileges in a controlled
fashion. 

For the few tasks really requiring root user command line access by
ordinary folk, sudo is the safer method. There are thousands of web
pages explaining why, I'm not going to do it again.

I use sudo with a few exceptions:

 - when a path is unreachable
 - when redirection is problematic
 - when a pipe really is the best way

... and sometimes when I am working on an expendable, easily recreated
system.

Regards, K.

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