Re: ✘"Sudo? Sudon't!" and "Saving U-blox Configuration"

[Bernd Zeimetz]

On 1/15/21 4:47 PM, Joshua Judson Rosen wrote:
>> Instead I'd suggest that you check the uid in ubxtool and fail if
>> somebody tires to run it as root, maybe add a --yes-i-know-what-i-do
>> flag to force running it as root.
> 
> Or even specifically check for one of the environment variables that
> sudo sets
> to indicate that a process is running under sudo (e.g. SUDO_USER,
> SUDO_UID, SUDO_GID...)
> if you really just want people to stop people from using _sudo_
> specifically....

That makes you look even more silly, as sudo can be used for way more
than becoming root. Also if you stop people from using sudo, they'll use
su - which is a really bad idea. Never enter root passwords in a user's
shell.


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