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0 pointskempbellt6y ago0 comments

Training wheels on a bicycle make it more difficult for an inexperienced rider to accidentally fall over.

They don't stop people from intentionally doing it.

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dependenttypes6y ago· 2 in thread

Sudo has nothing to do with training wheels.

kempbelltOP6y ago

It is an analogy..

Rider: Lean to the side

Training wheels: Hey! Whoah there. If you do that you will fall.

Rider: I know, do it anyway! (sudo...)

Training wheels: Your choice, I can only prevent so much.

Rider falls over...

If a user has sudoer privileges, sudo serves as nothing more than training wheels.

User: apt install APP

System: Access denied. sudo privileges required

User: sudo apt install APP

Sytem: Okie doke

And the age old `sudo make me a sandwhich` joke continues...

dependenttypes6y ago

Sudo is an actual security measure though. You can be allowed to run "sudo service" but not "sudo apt" for example. Far from being a training wheel.

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nix236y ago

When he need's training-wells he need a training-machine (aka dev-envoirement), everyone can fall over, but not because of sudo prevents that, but typing 1000 times 'sudo' is the same like clicking that windows thing.

PS: And the cold sweat after typing something like 'rm -rfd /' is still the best training-well

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