Star Simpson

It was pretty much a whim at the time but I felt this huge relief when I "please !!" instead of "sudo !!" - it fit better as language

So what will this shell be called , maybe lovsh or something warm and fuzzy like that?

I'm not sure that request-based conversational patterns are strictly cast in a setting of feelings of love, per se

So maybe the shells name would be more along the lines of courteoush. Since it uses "please" and maybe a form of "nice" called "excuse me".

Probably just as good as "curses"

I'm sure "fsck" is part of the "curses" shell.

This actually really bothers me, because it reduces cognitive barrier to doing things with excessive privilege.

Whoah, expand on that?

Sysadmin 101: it's supposed to be hard to do things with high privilege. The barrier is there to force you to stop & think.

Particularly with UNIX-like systems where privilege is binary. Change the model and other options open up.

sudo adds logging, but won't help you if you accidentally wreck your system because program you ran wasn't what you wanted.

Does changing sudo to please really make such a substantial difference?

I'm not sure. It bugs me viscerally, but you'd have to do actual research to really know if it leads to more mistakes.

That's fascinating! That really underscores that functionally, it's not the same. Yet it is the exact same command!