On Wed, 2010-05-26 at 01:54 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > On Wednesday 26 May 2010 01:24:19 Frank Lin PIAT wrote: > > [Hi Geoff, I'm CC'ing you because I am interested in your POV] > > > > On Tue, 2010-05-25 at 20:04 +0200, Diederik de Haas wrote: > > > Apart from that, should the possibility of using sudo be mentioned? > > > > Well, on one side, sudo isn't enabled. On the other hand, sudo should be > > configured in large organization... > > > > my *own* opinion is/was that we should link to the "root" page, > > typically using a statement like: "Execute this command as [[root]]". > > The "root" page explains how to execute a command as Root in Debian (in > > Gnome, KDE, Desktop, Server... the page can still be improved). > > I like the idea of linking to the root page ... > > > > If yes, what would be a proper way to go about that? > > > > > > > > - prefix commands with $ or # depending on what rights are required > > > > > > > > No one ever worked on standardizing this is the wiki, your help is > > > > welcome if you are interested/motivated. > > > > > > Is there already a page which describes the difference between $ and #, > > > so there could be link to > > > > There isn't such page. There used to be a CommandPrompt page[1], but it > > was dropped because it's quality was pretty low, compared to any > > bash/shell howto. The question is... who would actually read a page > > explaining the difference between $ and # ;) > > A separate page about $ vs # doesn't seem all that useful indeed. > But we could add that info to the root page, since switching to root would > also change the prompt. > And on the root page we could also mention that a non-root user could perform > those tasks/commands > by using sudo, which will be a link to the sudo page describing how to set it > up, when to use it, > etc. > That way on any given page (with a link to the root page) users can click > through to sudo if that's > what they prefer/need to use.
Agreed > btw: the Root page surely needs some loving, it links to a German and a > French page of an obsolete > version of the Debian Reference, as well as non-existing man pages (instead > of wiki pages) I often advocate to use existing documentation, rather that rewriting wiki page (with basically the same content). I get touch with manpages.debian.net, to tell him manpages.d.net is broken. > and I don't think the following line is 'preferred', since it indicates a > preference to sudo: > "However, it's recommended to configure and use sudo (or gksudo) to run a > given command." sudo isn't configured by default, but it is the recommended way to execute a command as root (1. to avoid mistake by not running all command as root. 2. because sudo is auditable. 3. because a sudoers don't need to know root's password). I have added this rational to the wiki page. You are welcome to improve the Root and sudo pages (and other wiki pages;) Regards, Franklin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-www-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1274855988.4429.829.ca...@solid.paris.klabs.be
