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Windows dropped new feature called "sudo" (feddit.de)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't think i need to explain how it works, should i ?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

sudo can only be elevated via the User Account Control (UAC) security feature designed to protect the operating system from unauthorized changes using verification prompt.

Doesn't that defeat the entire fucking purpose of sudo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

No, you can still run admin commands from a non admin console which is kind of neat.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago

"kind of neat" is being able to winrm into a machine without having to run a VNC session in parallel simply to click the popup. Taking the authentication prompt outside the shell session is... honestly, completely on brand for Microsoft.