From: vallor@vallor.earth   
      
   At Tue, 20 Jan 2026 19:47:14 -0500, c186282  wrote:   
      
   > On 1/20/26 16:43, rbowman wrote:   
   > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2026 21:00:59 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Yeah, but sudo *is* for running things as root! You think running them   
   > >> via sudo is any better than however else you were thinking of doing   
   > >> those things as root?   
   > >   
   > > Sudo limits the damage.  Become root with 'sudo su -' and you'd better not   
   > > have lapses of attention. I think it was OpenSUSE where if you were root   
   > > the wallpaper turned bright red with round, black bombs with smoking   
   > > fuses.   
   >   
   >    'sudo', as often implemented, is NOT safe. PI-os   
   >    doesn't even ask for yer user PW.   
   >   
   >    You CAN tweak sudoers ... tighten things up a bit,   
   >    but that's more work and, if like me, you never   
   >    use 'visudo', just 'nano', you'd better get the   
   >    syntax right.   
   >   
   >    The alt is to have NO 'sudo'. If you are concerned   
   >    about security then this may be the best and easiest   
   >    path. Open a terminal, 'su', then you need the ROOT   
   >    password.   
      
   I have a file in /etc/sudoers.d that includes this directive:   
      
   Defaults	targetpw   
      
   So I need the root password to sudo to root.   
      
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