doas - Replace sudo With The Secure & Lightweight Alternative from OpenBSD!

sudo has been around forever and is capable of doing many things, but most of us only need it for a few tasks. doas does pretty much all most users need without the added fluff and security vulnerabilities that come with sudo.
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[@cathalogrady2331]

whats the point in using doas when your literally using wsl. I mean if your actually concerned about privacy why are you running Windows. I really dislike wsl as it takes away from the most valuable parts of a free operating system. Just to note I don't want people to interpret this as shaming Windows users, just thought id point out mixed messaging in the videos. I am genuinely curious as to why you use Windows but seem very enthusiastic about GNU/linux/UNIX.

[@ascode-com]

filming is simpler on windows! my *nix machines are always getting reformatted lol

[@GeniusKundanSingh]

I am watched your full video. Nice video

[@foss_land]

talking from openbsd box ❤ keep it up

[@ascode-com]

thank you! appreciate the kind words

[@DaemuE]

Awesome! Time to uninstall sudo.

[@ascode-com]

XD

[@andnluis]

Nice video! Which font is the one in the background?

[@ascode-com]

it's jetbrains mono with the dracula colorscheme!

[@jleeleeeeee]

Good video, but what's the purpose of removing everything from the sudoers? Is it just meant to be a behavioral change?

[@ascode-com]

it disables access to sudo without completely removing it from the system

[@jleeleeeeee]

@@ascode-com have you had any issues with that so far? i.e. have you run into any install scripts that require sudo?

[@ascode-com]

​@@jleeleeeeee not that i've run into. using doas instead usually does the trick. # example doas apt install coolpkg # vs sudo apt install coolpkg # both run the pkg install as root most install scripts won't hard code sudo in them but rather require the script itself to be ran as root if access is necessary (always be careful with running random internet install scripts as root!). BUT if for some reason sudo is hard coded i imagine `export sudo="doas"` works in a pinch if you don't wanna use `sed` or another search and replace tool