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[–] [email protected] 91 points 11 months ago (45 children)

Just use 'sudo'. Oh wait... Oh. I'm sorry.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

@cyborganism is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

E: I'm so unoriginal. Happy holidays everyone.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I sing the alt text of this comic to myself at least four times a year.

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[–] [email protected] 70 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

That's why I log in as root and edit all files to have open permissions. Next I disable all security settings and kernel security mitigations.

After that my system is finally mine.

[–] [email protected] 41 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

* our system is finally ours

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can't spell 'yours' without 'ours', comrade.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (6 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

I'm picturing all the services complaining their keys are insecure, their configs are insecure

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Russia: "Da, comrade, all yours."

[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

If you install the right tools, even Windows can't stop you. If all else fails, get a terminal as TrustedInstaller and lay waste to your system.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

You don't need additional tools, all of that is baked into Windows.

It is just a little hidden because they don't want non-tech users to accidentally delete system files.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

cracks the blinds to look for agents outside

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (17 children)

Well, I guess you really don't own it then. Own your computer, use *nix. Whichever flavor you like, and Linux is going to be the most frendly.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Linux: "This incident will be reported"

[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think that shit goes on your permanent record

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Just today i got: You are not on the sudoers list, this will be reported!

Edit: i kept trying and hoping the message would increase in urgency and verbosity

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You are not on the sudoers list; your family will be killed.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (5 children)

I always get nervous when my personal computer tells me this. I'm like reported to who, sudo?!?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

of course there's an xkcd for that

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

this guy

Actually it send a email to the root user I believe.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Lemme guess: Windows, hunh?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In windows you can just update the security settings and do anything you want with it.

It is a feature not a bug, that regular non-tech users can't just go about deleting their System32.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel like Windows lacks some sort of switch that would clearly identify you as an advanced user allowed to do everything.

May be hidden as a flag in the registry, even.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (3 children)

linux has the same gile ownership system, maybe even less advanced than windows (windows file perms are unnecessarily convoluted)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

True, but in Linux is pretty trivial to change the ownership (or just use "sudo" if that's sufficient. Windows it takes longer to do these things.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

chmod in Windows is just as trivial

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

User is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Windows gives a permission error if you try to delete or edit a file that's being executed. It has no complaints about moving it though.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

This. Sometimes it just doesn't tell you that shit is still running in the background

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago

I get this at my job too. "Acess denied, please contact the IT administrator" bitch I AM the IT administrator!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just use linux with only a root account, surely nothing bad will happen

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

sudo chown -R me:me / && chmod -R 0777 /

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Wait till you hear about how much you own your ios lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Ha! Finally a "Hercules" meme.

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