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Re: Sudo for Windows

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Post by vimsee »

zadjii wrote: post #2

Yep, it's really happening. Sudo is coming to Windows. It's obviously not just a fork of the linux sudo - there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense. But the dream of being able to run commands as admin, in the same terminal window - that's the experience we're finally bringing to users. I've been working on this for the last few months n…

> ..there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense.

Does this mean that the feature set of sudo for Windows can't be similar to the feature set found on sudo for *nix e.g. for BSD, MacOS, Linux..?

Re: Sudo for Windows

#43

Post by zadjii »

ktpsns wrote: post #7
zadjii wrote: post #2

Yep, it's really happening. Sudo is coming to Windows. It's obviously not just a fork of the linux sudo - there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense. But the dream of being able to run commands as admin, in the same terminal window - that's the experience we're finally bringing to users. I've been working on this for the last few months n…

Nice to see the author here! I have to say: I really like whats going on in Windows world from a developer perspective in the recent years. I am a hardcore Linux fanboy for decades but I have to admit that PowerShell, WSL, vscode, Windows Terminal and the recent open source strategy sounds very appealing to me. This is something MS/Win does much better in recent days compared to, for instance, Apple/Mac OS. I would l…

Thanks! I think the team we're on has a very clear focus on making developers happy. Like, we're all ourselves, developers, so a lot of it is very self-serving. Anything we can do to make our own lives better is probably going to be a good thing for a lot of other developers too.

Re: Sudo for Windows

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Post by al_borland »

Night_Thastus wrote: post #27

Interesting. I've been pretty happy with all the Unix-related updates they've put out lately. WSL has been a godsend and the new terminal and powershell have worked a treat. Glad they seem to be continuing with it.

My theory is that Microsoft is working on eventually moving Windows over to the Linux kernel, and all these things they are doing are setting the stage and preparing for an easier transition.

Re: Sudo for Windows

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Post by gwervc »

Isthatablackgsd wrote: post #35
HackerLemon wrote: post #33

What's the difference from opening a Terminal (Admin) window? Just that you can run a single command as admin? I must be missing something here

Opening a terminal in admin window which means any commands you put in that windows will always have admin privilege, no matter what. What does Sudo is to only provide the root/admin privileges for specific inputted command. Once it is done, it goes back to user privileges. This way, the terminal window didn't need to end the session to go back to user privileges.

That's a very slim proposition value, especially when multiple commands in a row require admin privileges.

Re: Sudo for Windows

#46

Post by madeofpalk »

SushiHippie wrote: post #3

https://github.com/microsoft/sudo/issues/11 Interesting > Reserved > not blank! > We like to camp nice round number issues like this one, for future use. Can you reuse GitHub issue numbers, or what could be their intention here?

We’re about to hit issue/pr 100,000, and I really want to land a neat PR on that number :)

Re: Sudo for Windows

#48

Post by darksfall »

zadjii wrote: post #2

Yep, it's really happening. Sudo is coming to Windows. It's obviously not just a fork of the linux sudo - there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense. But the dream of being able to run commands as admin, in the same terminal window - that's the experience we're finally bringing to users. I've been working on this for the last few months n…

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Re: Sudo for Windows

#49

Post by Joker_vD »

vimsee wrote: post #41
zadjii wrote: post #2

Yep, it's really happening. Sudo is coming to Windows. It's obviously not just a fork of the linux sudo - there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense. But the dream of being able to run commands as admin, in the same terminal window - that's the experience we're finally bringing to users. I've been working on this for the last few months n…

> ..there's enough that's different about the permissions structure between OS's that just a straight port wouldn't make sense. Does this mean that the feature set of sudo for Windows can't be similar to the feature set found on sudo for *nix e.g. for BSD, MacOS, Linux..?

Does sudo supports ACLs (which are the basis of Windows security model)?
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