From: syl@therockgarden.ca   
      
   On 2023-06-08, slash wrote:   
      
   > ... why insert the root password if you can spare keyboard consumption   
   > by using sudo -i? And why waste the time to put you in sudoers if you   
   > have the root password?   
   > We might as well conclude that sudo is useless. :-)   
      
   Depending on the environment, it largely is.  As an example, on my home   
   systems, with only two trusted users, both of whom have the root   
   password, no sudo.  At work, where we need to provide selective   
   privilege elevation to certain subsets of users, sudo.   
      
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   Sylvain Robitaille                                syl@therockgarden.ca   
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