Forward: sudo

[Bryan]

Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from JAMES RICHARD <buckaroo39 at verizon.net> -----
> 
> Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2006 13:58:49 -0800 (PST)
> From: JAMES RICHARD <buckaroo39 at verizon.net>
> Subject: sudo
> 
> 
> 
>    How do I change the system to more conventional without 'sudo'?
>    I am using Kubuntu.
>    I am more used to using 'su' for admin purposes.  And want regular
>    users.
>    I have gone into the users accounts and created a password for root
>    but webmin still won't run.
>    Also when using mysql-admin I try to assign rights to a user and it
>    comes back and says duplicate name use another name......
>    I think I could be able to get things going if I could just change the
>    system around and get rid of the 'sudo' deal.... been using Mandrake
>    for so long that I am used to doing things a certain way....
> 

what is the difference between using 'su' and using 'sudo -i'?  isn't the end 
result the same and you can do your admin stuff?  i use sudo for one-off admin 
stuff and sudo -i for when i know i'm going to do a lot of admin stuff one after 
another, then i ctrl-d out of the root shell when i'm done.   it's so easy and 
so convenient.

bryan