re sudo

[Peter Shillan]

Hi there,

On 4/19/05, Jonathan Byrne <jbyrne at frontbridge.com> wrote:
> Speaking just for myself, it's because I get sick of typing sudo apt-get
> blah, sudo ifdown, sudo ifup, sudo
> anything-else-that-I-usually-do-as-root, to the point where I've never
> made it more than a few days on a (K)ubuntu install without giving up
> and setting a root password :)

You know, if you want a root shell, you can type:

sudo -i

where the -i means interactive.  You will then, effectively, be logged
in with your sudo permissions in that shell until you exit.

Cheers,

Peter.