rescue disk,etc.

[Derek Broughton]

scott wrote:

> Alfred Vidrio wrote:
>> The new old guy has 2 questions:
>> 1. Where can I get a good rescue disk for Kubuntu?
> I have never used any, but I did a quick search in synaptic and it came
> up with a program called mondo.  It may be what you are looking for, I
> have never used it myself.

Isn't the Kubuntu _install_ disk a rescue disk?  (I came within a hair of
having to find that out today, when dist-upgrade left me with a completely
unusable system after trying to upgrade libc6-i686).

>> 2. What is the difference between kdesu and sudo command.

> I read on the Ubuntu wiki that Kdesu is recommended for starting
> applications in super user mode because su is suppose to cause problems,

su doesn't cause problems, but sudo is finer grained and logs its use. sudo
is just a "better" su. 

> "NEVER use sudo to start graphical programs. You should always use
> gksudo or kdesu to run such programs, otherwise new login attempts may
> fail..".  You can find the rest of the text at
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/RootSudo?highlight=%28kdesu%29

kdesu is different - I've often found sudo completely incapable of starting
a graphical program.  otoh, I'd never use kdesu to start a text-mode
program. 

-- 
derek