On Wed, Feb 02, 2011 at 01:04:58PM -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > If the reply comes back with "su doesn't work" or "sudo doesn't > > work", you can see they missed the point entirely and educate them > > about what is "being root", the dangers of "being root", and how to > > do it on various Debian-alike systems. > > Full agreement! These excellently presented reasons are why I use > 'sudo' in my explanations and will continue to do so.
It would be interesting to know how many Ubuntu users ask advice on this list. AFAIR, there have been a couple of posts from Ubuntu users because they felt that they weren't getting much help from the Ubuntu forums/lists. -- "Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet." -- Napoleon Bonaparte -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110203011708.GA18797@fischer
