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Run0, a systemd based alternative to sudo, announced

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466 points CoolCold | 3 comments | 29 Apr 24 23:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.823s | source
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fn-mote ◴[30 Apr 24 16:01 UTC] No.40212557[source]▶
Overall, this seems great.

However...

> [...] by default it will tint your terminal background in a reddish tone while you are operating with elevated privileges

?!! ouch ... seems orthogonal to the actual important parts.

Disclaimer: I didn't try it.

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bityard ◴[30 Apr 24 20:08 UTC] No.40215695[source]▶
This is a perfect example of a choice that a developer makes to suit his/her personal preference and environment, believing that everyone does (or should) use their computer the same way. Which is sadly becoming a more common trend.

I like the idea, but I don't think it should be on by default. The rest of us have just used root-specific shell prompts for the last few decades or so.

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TZubiri ◴[30 Apr 24 20:40 UTC] No.40216070[source]▶
It's fine.

Not every software needs to be infinitely configurable and open source just in case the configurations don't cover the needs of all.

We need opinionated software, if you don't want to make any choice for me, you can't even give me an assembly editor for fear of forcing your CPU arch of choice.

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aragilar ◴[01 May 24 07:56 UTC] No.40220649[source]▶
You can't think of ways this could break things? I would find this a useful feature, but I'm also aware of how this works, and the issues it could cause.
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1. Spivak ◴[01 May 24 12:36 UTC] No.40222283[source]▶
No? Of all the esoteric escape sequences that terminals handle the ones that change colors are well trodden.
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2. aragilar ◴[01 May 24 13:37 UTC] No.40223028[source]▶
There are at least 3 different ways of expressing colour as covered by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANSI_escape_code#Colors, and given the wide propensity of newer terminals to misidentify what they are (I know I have some additional checking in my shell startup to unbreak things if needed), and/or bad termcap/terminfo settings on older systems, sending terminal sequences that are apparently supported but are not happens surprisingly often (enough such that I've made sure to always install two different terminals which use different rendering backends, e.g. xterm and VTE).
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3. throwaway7356 ◴[04 May 24 10:29 UTC] No.40256479[source]▶
Will you install a new systemd version on such an old system with wrong termcap/terminfo settings or attached to a physical vt100?