this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
713 points (94.8% liked)

linuxmemes

27540 readers
1988 users here now

Hint: :q!

Sister communities:

Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
  • Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
    • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
    • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
    • 5. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ Language/язык/Sprache
  • This is primarily an English-speaking community. πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§πŸ‡¦πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
  • Comments written in other languages are allowed.
  • The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
  • Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
    • 6. (NEW!) Regarding public figuresWe all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations.
  • Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
  • We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
  • Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed.
    • Β 

    Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.

    founded 2 years ago
    MODERATORS
    poopsmith@lemmy.world
    zephyr@lemmy.world
    rtxn@lemmy.world
    713
    Highlight of my Morning (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
    submitted 1 day ago by not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
    202 comments fedilink hide all child comments
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    It's missing the part where invoking su requires your password. For the sake of accuracy, I think you should show how you enter your password.

    Also, I'm nervous about the command ifconfig. Can you try running that and paste your results here, to help quiet my fears, of course.

    [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    You dont need su for updates

    [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    Am I incorrect to say that using the command "super user do" can be expressed conversationally as "invoking super user?" I'm confused. The meme literally says "sudo." And while you don't need to begin the command with "sudo," you'll then get a message asking you to enter your root password. So you're still kinda invoking super user.

    Maybe you should double-check me, though. Type $ apt-get update into your terminal. If it asks for your password, reply with what you entered to satisfy that prompt. For research reasons.

    [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

    su means "switch user" and by default uses root if a root user exists.

    You can use sudo -i, sudo bash (or sudo sh, sudo fish etc), run0 and likely more ways to open a root shell.

    But for running a program with root, use sudo, run0 , pkexec or doas.

    Actually, you should not run internet-facing programs as root. For example when downloading a repo file, download it without root, move it with root.

    But well, most package managers do not care and use don't use polkit (ask for password when needed). Flatpak, rpm-ostree and some others use polkit well.

    [–] EtherWhack@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

    'su' can call the king to the blood-soaked battlefield; sudo makes a replaceable squire the king's proxy instead.

    [–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago

    Uhm... whatever you say

    [–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

    Well, look at me learning something new! I guess even if I've RTFM, I should RTFM again.

    [–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    As you have apt in your sudo file? Or maybe you just log in as root?