Erik N Johnson wrote:
This is generally considered highly insecure. The usual caveat about
running userland apps as root.
In fact, the generally accepted practice amongst most Linux admins is:
ALWAYS issue administrative commands using sudo.
This and Everything Erik says is True. I posted in the vein of "answer
the question asked first, thus gaining cred for the lecture you intend
to follow up the answer with".
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