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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

the whole security model of sudo makes no sense

I think that is a bit strong. Sure, you aren't gaining much protection if you just allow sudo -su root but there are a lot of valid use cases.

  1. Logging.
  2. A bit of an "explicit" check to keep you from doing something stupid without thinking.
  3. You can configure sudo to only allow specific commands from different users. (Maybe a trusted friend should have permission to reboot your Minecraft server but nothing else)