What is the false sense of security created by sudo? You don't have to have a password on your account to use it.
You seem to think sudo adds security even when you don't use a sudo password. That's precisely the false sense it creates.
snoopy
On vanilla Linux there is no dependable audit trail after someone becomes root, period.
that you are meant to think about what you type if it begins with "sudo."
Because you don't think when you type into a root shell?
The mythical "stray rm" is a strawman. I've never heard of one happening in the real world. If you're that careless then sudo won't save you either.
What I do see often is people spending minutes on trial & error because sudo turns even trivial commands into a minefield when a pipe/redirect, the shell environment, globbing or a loop gets involved.
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What is the false sense of security created by sudo? You don't have to have a password on your account to use it.
You seem to think sudo adds security even when you don't use a sudo password. That's precisely the false sense it creates.
snoopy
On vanilla Linux there is no dependable audit trail after someone becomes root, period.
that you are meant to think about what you type if it begins with "sudo."
Because you don't think when you type into a root shell?
The mythical "stray rm" is a strawman. I've never heard of one happening in the real world. If you're that careless then sudo won't save you either.
What I do see often is people spending minutes on trial & error because sudo turns even trivial commands into a minefield when a pipe/redirect, the shell environment, globbing or a loop gets involved.