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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.
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.
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.
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.
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=" "
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.
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
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):
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