Re: Things Linux Can Do Without

jayjwa wrote:

IMNSHO: things that bug me to no end in Linux.


1. SU-DOn't.

Where did this "sudo" up the wha-zoo come from? Ex:

http://dreamlinuxforums.org/index.php/topic,939.0.html

...
sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid WLAN_XX
sudo iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
sudo iwconfig wlan0 key s:xxxxxxxxxxxxx
sudo /etc/init.d/networking start
...

Unix, and therefor Linux, has an administrative account. It's called
"root". You log into it when doing admin-type stuff. sudo is for assigning
specific users specifice tasks. I can even tolerate su'ing to root. But
not "sudo" at every damn command!!!! Shells with any kind of brain (Zsh)
contain protection from stuff like 'rm -rf *' already, built-in, so I
can't accept the argument of safety. I bet Ubuntu users wear out their
keyboards' "s", "u", "d", and "o" keys real fast.


No, I just su to root when I need to run multiple commands.

-Sensible Burger
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