Introducing Sudo for Windows!
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Introducing Sudo for Windows We’re excited to announce the release of Sudo for Windows in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052! Sudo for Windows is a new way for users to run elevated commands directly from an unelevated console session. It is an ergonomic and familiar solution for users who want to elevate a command without having to first open a new elevated console.

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26052 to the Canary and Dev Channels.

Insiders in the Canary Channel will receive Build 26052.1000 while Insiders in the Dev Channel will receive Build

  • taanegl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    9 months ago

    Finally. Although, I bet it’s going to be one of these looongass PS OO commands, with an alias tied to it.

    Probably Escalate-RegularUserPrivelige and smack a mandatory -Confirm argument in there as well, just to be annoying.

    • sunbeam60@lemmy.oneEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      Although you have to admire that PowerShell at least attempts to define a common set of verbs and vocabulary.

    • egonallanon@lemm.eeEnglish
      3·
      9 months ago

      The trick to powershell is to make incredibly liberal use of tab completion to speed yourself up. Or make aliases for commands you use really often.

      • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, I get that it can be a pain to type long commands out the first time, but if you’re using a terminal or an editor without tab completion in 2024 then you’ve chosen to do things the hard way.