Does that1 security no-no matter on a single-user system which (almost) never leaves the sight of said user? Or is that just a matter of ‘don’t do this on a server’?
It’s not a good habit to get into. Even if you don’t have anyone at homebto mess with your system, these kinds of habits tend to follow people around. You’ll get comfortable at work and run something as root, but forget to deescalate permissions.
Just using sudo as your user runs only that command or script as root, then drops back to your limited user account.
Say you got busy or distracted and walked away, anyone who was able to access your system between the end of the command and the time your system auto locked would only have the access level of your user.
Does that1 security no-no matter on a single-user system which (almost) never leaves the sight of said user? Or is that just a matter of ‘don’t do this on a server’?
It’s not a good habit to get into. Even if you don’t have anyone at homebto mess with your system, these kinds of habits tend to follow people around. You’ll get comfortable at work and run something as root, but forget to deescalate permissions.
Just using sudo as your user runs only that command or script as root, then drops back to your limited user account.
Say you got busy or distracted and walked away, anyone who was able to access your system between the end of the command and the time your system auto locked would only have the access level of your user.