On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:05 -0600, Petrus de Calguarium wrote: > When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I > could simply type su -. > > What's the difference: > > su - > sudo su - > ---- I can't imagine why any UNIX/Linux system would allow a 'sudo su' command.
su - is just a whole lot less typing sudo su - can be a security nightmare however on Debian/Ubuntu systems where there is generally no 'superuser' login allowed, you would have to 'sudo su -' to obtain a continuous superuser shell. Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
