Comment by shevy-java

The concept of sudo has always been strange to me. I find it as an illusion of security and a hassle but people seem so focused on must-use it that they don't typically see it in that way. For instance, before wanting to evaluate sudo, why is not the underlying premise challenged that using a computer as superuser is a problem? Whenever I ask that question, people try to bring arguments as to why using the superuser is evil beyond comparison, but the moment I try to challenge that notion, they get very angry. I've noticed this both on IRC as well as on various webforums, "social" sites and so forth. It's quite interesting - people hate it when their assumptions are challenged.