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0 pointsCrendKing2y ago0 comments

I disagree. Although this "Sudo for Windows" is not a one-to-one port from Linux, it does the same function which is to elevate a unprivileged command. Imagine if they announce "Introducing Dosu for Windows", you won't know what the hell that is without reading at least the first paragraph.

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soraminazuki2y ago· 2 in thread

In addition to not being a one-to-one port, Sudo for Windows is a completely unrelated command.

> it does the same function which is to elevate a unprivileged command

That's only one of the use cases of Sudo. Here's a description of Sudo from the official manual [1]:

> sudo, sudoedit — execute a command as another user

Sudo for Windows can't do that. It's mentioned in its FAQ:

> the sudo command on Windows does not support running programs as other users

Sudo for Windows is like a cat command that can't concatenate files or a touch command that doesn't update timestamps.

[1]: https://www.sudo.ws/docs/man/1.8.18/sudo.man/

[2]: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/sudo/

Joker_vD2y ago

> like a cat command that can't concatenate files

Oh, that's a good counter-example to your own point: 99% of people who use cat don't care about this functionality.

soraminazuki2y ago

That's an astonishing claim to make without evidence.

    cat *.txt

is a pattern I see being used everywhere.

Same goes for sudo. If you're going to claim that a whopping 99% of users don't use the CLI options or /etc/sudoers, you'd need solid proof. Because a simple search shows otherwise:

https://grep.app/search?q=sudo%20-&regexp=true

This Sudo for Windows behaves nothing like the actual sudo. It doesn't even achieve the original's stated purpose.

Also considering that search results for anything involving Windows tends to be riddled with spams and outright scams, this will negatively affect non-Windows users searching for sudo as well.

So again, this naming conflict is unfortunate.

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