On 3/22/23 05:19, George N. White III wrote:
On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 8:42 AM ToddAndMargo via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org mailto:users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On 3/22/23 04:21, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Tue, 2023-03-21 at 22:14 -0700, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: >> I hate the sudo command. I never use it. >> >> Try running your script with su instead: >> su root -c "script" > > You might want to explain your reasoning here. These two things are not > equivalent, and saying you "hate the sudo command" is not helpful. > > poc Both the "su" and "sudo" command will elevate the user to root. Sudo's quirks have pissed me off for ages. Your mileage may vary.
There is also doas. Sudo has grown to support use cases beyond the needs of many/most users. -- George N. White III
$ dnf whatprovides doas Last metadata expiration check: 13:42:49 ago on Tue 21 Mar 2023 04:18:18 PM PDT. opendoas-6.8.2-2.fc37.x86_64 : Portable fork of the OpenBSDs doas command Repo : fedora Matched from: Provide : doas = 6.8.2-2.fc37