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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Brain: Open your eyes.

Person sleeping on bed: Permission denied.

Brain: Sudo open your eyes.

Person sleeping on bed: The brain is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported.

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

Real answer: it used to be common for UNIX daemons to send mail to root or to other users. This wasn't the same thing as email, because it didn't hit a network unless you set that up. But it ended up in the same mailboxes.