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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Systemd wants to expand to include a sudo replacement (outpost.fosspost.org)

submitted 2 months ago by starman@programming.dev to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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[–] nyan@sh.itjust.works 45 points 2 months ago (11 children)

sudo is already an optional component (yes, really—I don't have it installed). Don't want its attack surface? You can stick with su and its attack surface instead. Either is going to be smaller than systemd's.

systemd's feature creep is only surpassed by that of emacs.

[–] devraza@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Or you can use a doas implementation like OpenDoas, or maybe sudo-rs...

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago

Though a Rust clone of sudo that operates in the same way will still have the same problems.

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