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Does anyone have any opinions on doas vs sudo? I've heard doas recommended as being more minimalistic, and various advantages that brings. What are the pros a

• charcircuit 3y ago
  My opinion is to have neither. Requiring users to switch to an account that has different privileges is evidence of poor design of the operating system. Having a root user who has full privileges over the entire system is also poor design as it is the opposite of the principle of least privilege. If a user has the privilege to do something they should be able to do it with their normal account.
  • forty 3y ago
    I'm happy that my mistakenly typed rm -rf / fail when I use my non root user (normal account) even though I also have root for when I do want to mess things up.
• DANmode 3y ago
  If your use of sudo featureset is minimal, it's true that doas can act as "reduced attack surface" replacement. Cons: humans (and some software) expecting "sudo" will work while interacting with your system.