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Old 04-02-2010, 10:52 PM   #1
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Can someone help me remove the sudo command software packages without damaging my system? I'm not prone to error, but the network administrator thinks he's my computer science teacher! Enough said.
 
Old 04-02-2010, 11:16 PM   #2
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hi,

sorry i can't understand your question.Are you asking how to remove software packages using sudo command?

what linux flavour are you using?
 
Old 04-03-2010, 12:34 AM   #3
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pseudo sudo i think...

no I am asking how to remove the sudo software or source itself. it is an annoying feature and I don't find it useful in preventing computer intrusions, just good at testing the patience of would be computer professionals.
 
Old 04-03-2010, 11:40 PM   #4
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sorry i may have had a miscommunication from your earlier post. Yes I am. I don't like the sudo command, I don't like using it, I don't see its immediate purpose; etc. I have Ubuntu installed on my computer. I know there is a remedy for disabling it (albeit it escapes me at present) but I would rather completely remove it in the event I should want to install LFS. sudo is the most annoying command when doing so from experience trying to do it once before. Thanks.
 
Old 04-04-2010, 06:00 AM   #5
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you do realise you're on the fedora forum?????
This distro by default doesn't use the sudo command, so this may not be the best place to ask this question.
 
Old 04-04-2010, 06:42 AM   #6
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I might be stating the obvious, but if you don't like the command, just don't use it. In Ubuntu, sudo is practically necessary, which is why it is included. You really only have two other options: use su -c a lot which takes a lot more typing (because you must use a password each time) or log in as root a lot. The latter option might not be the one for you if you don't even know how to uninstall packages.

If you are tired of accidentally using sudo for some reason, try alias sudo=" "
 
Old 04-04-2010, 06:34 PM   #7
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oh I just came back to Fedora from Ubuntu, and I thought that sudo was default for this OS. I'm relieved to hear that it isn't. Thanks for you help.
 
Old 04-04-2010, 10:29 PM   #8
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i am confused though, if sudo isn't required to use on Fedora, then why is that when I attempt to run yum update it gives me the bit about administration and sudo yum update says my username isn't in sudoers, yet i can't change permissions to sudoers to place my name in sudoers, and therefore cannot use sudo which is required to update? if you're going to say ask your system administrator (like the terminal suggests after i botched it three or so times) note this is a personal computer that is not a working part of a cluster or network; it is attached to a network for internet access but has no obligation to that network. That should make sense.
 
Old 04-05-2010, 05:41 AM   #9
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I've never seen fedora ask for "sudo".
If you're using the gui it will however ask for the root pass word.
If you're updating from the control panel, you have to use "su" to log in as root, then do yum update
 
Old 04-07-2010, 04:44 PM   #10
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I've never seen fedora ask for "sudo".
If you're using the gui it will however ask for the root pass word.
If you're updating from the control panel, you have to use "su" to log in as root, then do yum update
You can update from the command line without changing to root
(providing the user is listed in the sudoers file):

Code:
sudo yum update
 
  


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