Why do we use sudo and not group permissions for admin tasks?
laziness. install hardened gentoo.
>>53701820
because on a typical pc that would just mean putting the user in all the permission groups; like sudo but without the password
You don't want those permissions all the time
>>53701820
To prevent malicious users, programs from doing anything bad.
>>53701820
Because good admins leave a log trail.
>>53702567
good admins also set up proper access controls
>>53702603
And sudo definitely allows that. The sudoers file can be a little more complicated than adding this if you need it to befaggot ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL
