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Re: sudo (was: gpsd killing device adapter)
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Gary E. Miller |
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Re: sudo (was: gpsd killing device adapter) |
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Sun, 6 Mar 2022 13:03:21 -0800 |
Yo Laura!
On Sun, 06 Mar 2022 13:53:41 +0000
Laura Smith <n5d9xq3ti233xiyif2vp@protonmail.ch> wrote:
> Just wanted to chime in to say that depending on your OS, you might
> want to consider runuser instead of su/sudo.
Looks like it is part of util-linux.
At least on Gentoo you already need to be root:
gem@kong ~ $ runuser
runuser: may not be used by non-root users
From their man page:
https://www.linux.org/docs/man1/runuser.html
"The difference between the commands runuser and su is that runuser
does not ask for password..."
IMHO a terrible idea to remove any passowrd on the root account.
RGDS
GARY
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