Why does sudo accept password not from stdin by default?
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I learned from my earlier question What's the purpose of using `sudo -S` explicitly? that sudo accepts password not from stdin by default.
Why is that? Is it because of some security reason?
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I learned from my earlier question What's the purpose of using `sudo -S` explicitly? that sudo accepts password not from stdin by default.
Why is that? Is it because of some security reason?
Thanks.
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I learned from my earlier question What's the purpose of using `sudo -S` explicitly? that sudo accepts password not from stdin by default.
Why is that? Is it because of some security reason?
Thanks.
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I learned from my earlier question What's the purpose of using `sudo -S` explicitly? that sudo accepts password not from stdin by default.
Why is that? Is it because of some security reason?
Thanks.
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