Gogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agoUmm guys...programming.devimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down121
arrow-up1433arrow-down1imageUmm guys...programming.devGogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarejroid8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoI have been using Linux for 3 years, And I just learned this from your comment
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoThat’s kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
minus-squareNaz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoHow can that be true when nearly every command asks for root, including regular system updates? E.g: Sudo apt-get upgrade
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s what “sudo” does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNot nearly every command, at least if you use terminal a lot. My point was about using root as a main user/account. It’s not safe to do this. If you use/need root privileges for some commands, then you use non-root user/account.
#is for rootI have been using Linux for 3 years,
And I just learned this from your comment
That’s kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
How can that be true when nearly every command asks for root, including regular system updates? E.g: Sudo apt-get upgrade
That’s what “sudo” does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
Not nearly every command, at least if you use terminal a lot. My point was about using root as a main user/account. It’s not safe to do this. If you use/need root privileges for some commands, then you use non-root user/account.