-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 07/29/2010 12:22 PM, Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > > I understand your issues with all but the last one. A user may need > to "sudo su" due to configuration outside of their control. A system > that requires you to "sudo su" for some task is likely misconfigured, > but it is a useful tool to have around, as a user. > > The rest are less useful, and generally imply a limited, incomplete, > or flawed understanding of one or more of the tools you are using.
I no longer configure my machines in a way that it allows a user to gain full root via sudo. However, when I did, I found "sudo -i" to be more appropriate than "sudo su" which seems to be more like "su -l". Of course, you could always do "sudo su -l". - From the manpage: - -i The -i (simulate initial login) option runs the shell specified in the passwd(5) entry of the user that the command is being run as. The command name argument given to the shell begins with a ‘-’ to tell the shell to run as a login shell. sudo attempts to change to that user’s home directory before running the shell. It also ini‐ tializes the environment, leaving TERM unchanged, setting HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME, and PATH, and unsetting all other environment variables. Note that because the shell to use is determined before the sudoers file is parsed, a runas_default setting in sudoers will specify the user to run the shell as but will not affect which shell is actually run. - -- Jordan Metzmeier -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJMUazIAAoJEKj/C3qNthmTW7EQANHKUy7UW/YWxax3W5Z6C9nF T+0JP2a79FlwaQABCP3+0CLWlk4QGB+Oa9UqnttQP6SjE5dLz8oA27tJO2NQTAe+ /ZeiFFnAF3jAOlG7BTDxl4QolPJgqZ6cOkp8qcRSdOJdFDrvmk0NeF9JszRl8Amn 5LqnI0M8GVRvsdutDn50bEyi4LO3rLKsSEQuZNYl45tVRFjFB9ZgaAuINbj4FDF/ yya3NMT11B1ApSzwAWg1HZ8myTxIklJxJc3Hk/gfBsmdhfLtI0egxY4q5yJ7iuvx Q1mOFef2zrvT9l2fnxyplHCbMlgugwvAiTgZE9YBr3U1NGo85jCNVLjY9r2auh5+ hnz+uWflwi4y0bDiUiQnzJvnlM80NImyblyiqhY1FiOu7/D+Q94dWfhUEGcXxN+M rApuz+CCYjoHIxMV28nOIxtIYhlmXRnLjKh2OTTDzZqQXOdYKaxBS+k5l4n+jjfm LbZqlpAuOlXncgPn1BiB81f3nbthPsdGeCi14PF/5HjgqGpdOyy7lN14WOyWbzPO ny7UbY/knlJy+bdwFUQNMzXkpuEW57dB60KuAPlaoAf4VVCHME2nl7XJulwcM3Pw LTiM5phh4XrzPvEifzWI8fQhLbccCweHNy0tGbyaLlDwizbgzNTs0aojuYZSiWi7 L7L+ToFAZ1QSOLwcPEXY =9EEK -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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/4c51acc9.3010...@gmail.com
