On 21/03/16 17:30, Michael Milliman wrote: > On the other hand, I use both su and sudo. If I have a protracted > session with several different tasks that I need to complete all > requiring root access I su to the root user. If on the other hand, I > only need to perform a single command, or so, I use sudo. Both have > their uses, though as already noted, Debian generally does one or the > other as a default. I install with a root password, and then bring in > the sudo package post-installation. > > --
I use sudo -s for a root session. I can't remember the difference between that and sudo -i, but it works for me. On the other hand, if I need to be some other user, like the postgres user, I use "sudo su postgres". There are probably better ways to do that, too, but again, it works. Richard
