Hmm, I think $ sudo -i
and your account password will give you root access on Ubuntu. On Debian sudo is not allowed by default. $ sudo su - is stupid. On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Craig White <craigwh...@azapple.com> wrote: > On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:05 -0600, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > > When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered > I > > could simply type su -. > > > > What's the difference: > > > > su - > > sudo su - > > > ---- > I can't imagine why any UNIX/Linux system would allow a 'sudo su' > command. > > su - > > is just a whole lot less typing > > sudo su - > > can be a security nightmare > > however on Debian/Ubuntu systems where there is generally no 'superuser' > login allowed, you would have to 'sudo su -' to obtain a continuous > superuser shell. > > Craig > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > believed to be clean. > > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > -- Tsvetomir Totev
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