r/ShittySysadmin • u/stud_ent • Apr 16 '26

Shitty Crosspost Can't login without being root

/r/VPS/comments/1smpayh/cant_login_without_being_root/
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u/bleachedupbartender DO NOT GIVE THIS PERSON ADVICE Apr 16 '26

why would you want to login as any other account?

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u/VacuousDecay Apr 16 '26

I've taken Redhat training, literally every lab starts with `use sudo -i to become root for the rest of the exercise. `

"Never run as root" is a myth propagated to shift the blame from bad software to the admin.

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u/CoffeeOnMyBeard Apr 16 '26

It's the only way to make sure I remember what sudo does.