starman@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoSudo is coming to windowsprogramming.devimagemessage-square135fedilinkarrow-up11.1Karrow-down118file-textcross-posted to: linux_memes@programming.dev
arrow-up11.08Karrow-down1imageSudo is coming to windowsprogramming.devstarman@programming.dev to linuxmemes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square135fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: linux_memes@programming.dev
Source: https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2024/02/08/announcing-windows-11-insider-preview-build-26052-canary-and-dev-channels/
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up79·11 months agoOh thank goodness, having to spawn a full admin terminal every time you need that is such a pita
minus-squarebmarinov@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 months agoAnd there is absolutely no way, that I could find, to create or pin a shortcut to eg WinTerm, which would launch it as admin.
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 months agoActually, that’s an easy one to workaround: hold down Ctrl+shift when you click on it (or any pinned application) and it will launch it elevated. Makes that part feel so much simpler and straightforward when I found that out.
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoYeah, I’m sure my IT security would love me putting that on the servers I manage Though, apparently, this is not going to be added to Server anyway…boo
minus-squarevoxellinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoi mean it’s open source and has secure defaults so ¯_(ツ)_/¯…
minus-squarelaurelraven@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoI’m going to guess you don’t have to work with an IT security office…
Oh thank goodness, having to spawn a full admin terminal every time you need that is such a pita
And there is absolutely no way, that I could find, to create or pin a shortcut to eg WinTerm, which would launch it as admin.
Actually, that’s an easy one to workaround: hold down Ctrl+shift when you click on it (or any pinned application) and it will launch it elevated. Makes that part feel so much simpler and straightforward when I found that out.
Oh dang
gsudo
Yeah, I’m sure my IT security would love me putting that on the servers I manage
Though, apparently, this is not going to be added to Server anyway…boo
i mean it’s open source and has secure defaults so ¯_(ツ)_/¯…
I’m going to guess you don’t have to work with an IT security office…