On 0, Bob Proulx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Q. Gong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-10-22 00:52:10 +0200]: > > I am trying to use "sudo su -". But I always get "su: Permission denied". > > The purpose is to make su only available through sudo. Any ideas? > > What does this command output say for you? It lists the commands you > can run. Don't report anything to the list that reveals anything > sensitive about your site. Just read it yourself and make sure the > output makes sense. > > sudo -l > > Probably running 'sudo bash' or equivalent is easier than stacking su > commands. One advantage of sudo is that commands are run in your > environment and so your command line editing options are all the same > as you expect. Running 'su -' forces you to load the /root > environment which means those things are frequently different. That > is much less friendly.
Yah, but personally I like the difference, it forces me to think in
root mode, not user mode.
Tom
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