Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Binary install distro

[Dale]

Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Nov 2011 17:49:54 +0100
> Lorenzo Bandieri<lorenzo.bandieri@×××××.com>  wrote:
>>> I don't use sudo on my rig so it sort of annoys me.  ;-)   I guess
>>> we have that in common.  lol
>>>
>>> The update tool is GUI.  That's why I think he can do that himself.
>>>   A lot like winders in a way.  Heck, if this works well and that
>>> intfs thingy gets on my nerves, may use it myself.  :-(   I may
>>> have found my next distro. I'm not leaving yet.  I'm going to give
>>> the inity thingy a shot, maybe two. After that, kill shot.
>>>
>>> Dale
>>>
>> I hate sudo, I never got the point in using it - and actually it is
>> one of the thing that makes Ubuntu annoying to me. I'm not the only
>> one, then! :D
> Then you must be using a single-user machine. Like your own laptop or
> desktop.
>
> sudo is absolutely necessary on any multi-user machine unless you like
> security holes.
>
> Instead of bashing sudo, it's better to find out what problem it is
> designed to solve, then determine if you have that problem. It does
> have a point, and a very valuable one too, you just seem to not have
> seen it yet.
>

Mine is a single user machine both for me and my brother.  That said, if 
I did have other users on my machine, they wouldn't even be in the wheel 
group so sudo wouldn't happen either.  They would be able to do user 
things but nothing else.

That said, I know sudo fixes some problems and has its reason for 
existing.  Me, its just like the init thingy, I haven't found a good 
reason yet to have one so no need adding it.  That will likely change 
shortly but hopefully not today.  I found a workaround on kubuntu tho.  
Just set the root password so you can login as root and carry on.  ;-)   
Even I have a gas pocket in my brain from time to time.  :-D

Cheer up Alan.

Dale

:-)  :-)