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Do you have a separate admin account, or let your "main" account have admin rights? Do you require entering a password/PIN to install software? Just curious about where people fall on the security-convenience spectrum.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I like to actually log in as root on a terminal to do admin stuff, never got into sudo really. Old habits, you know.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll do that on my Linux machine if I have to do a lot of admin stuff. Otherwise I just stick to sudo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The only reason to actually sudo su is when you have to redirect to a file, as root, and tee is not an option for some reason.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

No particular reason but for that sort of thing I just do su -