Gogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agoUmm guys...programming.devimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1454arrow-down121
arrow-up1433arrow-down1imageUmm guys...programming.devGogo Sempai@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 11 months agomessage-square44fedilink
minus-squarejroid8@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·11 months agoI have been using Linux for 3 years, And I just learned this from your comment
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·11 months agoThat’s kind of great, because root is not intended for regular users.
minus-squareNaz@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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-up2·11 months agoThat’s what “sudo” does, it basically means run this as if you were logged in as root.
minus-squareAndrewlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months 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.
I 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.