What exactly in the sudo behavior is unpredictable?

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In the Best practices for writing Dockerfiles guide of the docker documentation, we can read:




Avoid installing or using sudo since it has unpredictable TTY and signal-forwarding behavior that can cause problems. If you absolutely need functionality similar to sudo, such as initializing the daemon as root but running it as non-root), consider using “gosu”.




My questions are:



  • What exactly in the sudo behavior is unpredictable?

  • Which problems can it cause?

  • Is it a feature or a bug of sudo?






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    Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
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In the Best practices for writing Dockerfiles guide of the docker documentation, we can read:




Avoid installing or using sudo since it has unpredictable TTY and signal-forwarding behavior that can cause problems. If you absolutely need functionality similar to sudo, such as initializing the daemon as root but running it as non-root), consider using “gosu”.




My questions are:



  • What exactly in the sudo behavior is unpredictable?

  • Which problems can it cause?

  • Is it a feature or a bug of sudo?






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    Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
    – cuonglm
    Apr 11 at 10:40












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In the Best practices for writing Dockerfiles guide of the docker documentation, we can read:




Avoid installing or using sudo since it has unpredictable TTY and signal-forwarding behavior that can cause problems. If you absolutely need functionality similar to sudo, such as initializing the daemon as root but running it as non-root), consider using “gosu”.




My questions are:



  • What exactly in the sudo behavior is unpredictable?

  • Which problems can it cause?

  • Is it a feature or a bug of sudo?






share|improve this question














In the Best practices for writing Dockerfiles guide of the docker documentation, we can read:




Avoid installing or using sudo since it has unpredictable TTY and signal-forwarding behavior that can cause problems. If you absolutely need functionality similar to sudo, such as initializing the daemon as root but running it as non-root), consider using “gosu”.




My questions are:



  • What exactly in the sudo behavior is unpredictable?

  • Which problems can it cause?

  • Is it a feature or a bug of sudo?








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    Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
    – cuonglm
    Apr 11 at 10:40












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    Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
    – cuonglm
    Apr 11 at 10:40







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Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
– cuonglm
Apr 11 at 10:40




Maybe this is one of reason ruderich.org/simon/notes/su-sudo-from-root-tty-hijacking
– cuonglm
Apr 11 at 10:40















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