On Tuesday, August 7, 2018 11:58:48 AM -04 Martin Drescher wrote: > Hi members, > > I'm a little... lets say thoughtful, about the use of 'su' discussed at some > points in this list. I have a strong opinion about su, which is, avoid it > whenever it is possible and use 'sudo' instead. This is the case in close > to a 100% in all cases I can think of. This opinion is based on how both > programs work and deal with pam and environmental variables. Not to forget: > You will not need to share (or in my case, not even set, but lock that > account) a root password. > > And I'm curious why Debian still prefers the use of su over sudo? > > > Martin.
What ever one prefers, I recommend the following discussion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0purspHg-o and this book: https://www.michaelwlucas.com/tools/sudo Cheers Eike
