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[-] cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de 120 points 6 days ago

So can you run sudo rm -rf C: to remove the malware now?

[-] Khanzarate@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

No you can't do that with administrator in windows.

Some things, windows just won't let you do, even as an administrator.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

which is good, to be clear

no user should be able to accidentally brick their entire system just because some internet troll told them to type some magic words :P massive security flaw

[-] tippfehlr@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

*remove the french language pack ^^

[-] LupertEverett@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

The Unix Haters Handbook was so real for that rm rant.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 2 points 4 days ago

look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of our power

[-] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 days ago

That's immediately what came to mind when I saw it

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 50 points 6 days ago

Way to lazy to find a source but IIRC one of the Sudo devs said this was horrible because it's "like Sudo" but not 1:1 so people will make assumptions about it that will lead to security issues

(Usually idc about security but for Sudo..)

[-] breakingcups@lemmy.world 65 points 6 days ago

Like that time they made their own Powershell imitation of curl? (before deciding it was an abomination and finally including stock curl, but not removing the old Powershell commandlet because of backwards compatibility so now curl and curl.exe are two different things and you'll want the latter)

[-] superkret@feddit.org 42 points 6 days ago

Yeah that sounds like Microsoft.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 4 points 6 days ago

Or renaming things for seemingly no reason.

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 6 days ago

Which is frustrating because 99% of the time people just want a way to run a command as admin without relaunching cmd as an admin.

Wsl, sudo ... Maybe step by step windows will turn into Linux. For sure it would be an unexpected way for Linux to conquer the desktop market

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 34 points 6 days ago

Hardcore Linux users would still not count it and would still wait for Linux on desktop to finally take off.

Source: Linux has 6.73% share on desktop. Except 2.25 percent points are ChromeOS, which is not FOSS enough, so Linux only has 4.48% on desktop.

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There is no such thing as "FOSS enough" or "not enough FOSS" it's either free/libre or it's not

(and ChromeOS most definitely isn't)

[-] rikudou@lemmings.world 14 points 6 days ago

That was kinda heavy sarcasm.

[-] alsaaas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 6 days ago

huh, was not able to get that from your comment. I usually use "/s" in cases like that

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago
[-] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

And don't forget the horrible practice of putting everything in ~/ because everyone loves cluttered home directories

I tried the new Microsoft aishell on Windows 11 and the config is saved on ~\.aishell instead of %appdata%\\Microsoft\aishell

WTF Microsoft you forgot that you're on windows?? Can you follow the guidelines that you decided?

at one point, microsoft will put all of their software into a VM and ship that on a linux platform. that will do.

[-] __nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 days ago

They essentially would just need to develop their own Wine

[-] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

(in the tone of "I'd like a Pepsi" "Is Coke okay?")

"is ~~Wine~~ Beer okay?"

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Maybe one day, the Windows UI will only be one of the many Linux window managers, and the rest of Windows will just be a compatibility layer.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 25 points 5 days ago

no, microsoft. the linux cli tools are good but thats not the main reason why we ditched you.

[-] babybus@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Definitely not due to the lack of sudo.

[-] Siegfried@lemmy.world 26 points 6 days ago

Shoudlnt this be "admdo" or something like that?

[-] phlegmy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 5 days ago
[-] Unbecredible@lemm.ee 3 points 5 days ago

Is that where you get that black jedi to do it for you? Cause that sounds problematic.

[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 days ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 18 points 6 days ago

They know they are losing a lot of the technical crowd...

[-] HStone32@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago
[-] bruce965@lemmy.ml 20 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

FYI this has already been a thing for a long while thanks to an open source third-party implementation, and also works on Windows 10. I use it all the time, it's very similar to Linux's and I've never had any issues so far. Not sure if Microsoft's official solution will be any different/better.

https://github.com/gerardog/gsudo

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago
[-] muhyb@programming.dev 11 points 6 days ago

Don't need sudo to run clown

[-] boringbisexual 6 points 6 days ago

What does the "cl" stand for?

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[-] f4f4f4f4f4f4f4f4@sopuli.xyz 7 points 5 days ago

$ sudo usermod -l root susudio

$ su susudio

# ohh

Don't do this, it summons an angry Phil

[-] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 11 points 6 days ago

Is this just some sort of alias to "runas"?

[-] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 6 days ago

I believe so, yeah. I used to have a script that would start a local Cassandra service and that's what I had to use (because I didn't want my live-in session of cmd to be admin 24/7.

[-] Pippipartner@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 6 days ago

It feels like a potential security nightmare. If your desktop at work is compromised and you have your domain admin come over and take a look; they might decide not to elevate the whole session, exercising appropriate caution and protocol in doing so, but just wing it with a quick sudo !! because the previous command didn't go through.

I don't quite remember if this works properly, but I think !! should expand to sudo "previous command" at least in bash.

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 4 points 5 days ago

it uses the UAC flow so it’s closer to right click > run as administrator than runas, so you will be required to enter credentials in the UAC dialogue (not the terminal) unless you are using an admin account (which at any workplace taking security seriously you should not be)

and in powershell it’s $$ to execute the previous command :)

disclaimer: not an admin i just use these tools

[-] cupcakezealot 4 points 5 days ago

Ironically it already exists for Windows here and Microsoft didn't bother crediting any of it

https://github.com/lukesampson/psutils

[-] spujb@lemmy.cafe 5 points 5 days ago

it’s an entirely different implementation which is integrated into the windows system and settings itself not just a ps script. read the link in OP for more.

[-] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 5 days ago

audo - admin-user do

[-] einlander@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago
[-] Valmond@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

I love this lol

[-] gigachad@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago
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