Update Problem

[Edward Dunagin]

On 6/4/07, Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:
> On Monday 04 June 2007, Donn wrote:
> > I'm not 100% sure, but mucking about with su can have deleterious effects
> > on the whole system. You might have done some damage by that. The basic
> > rule is "stick to sudo".
> > If you want to be root, then sudo -i does the job.
>
> Sure....  with su you can destroy anything and everything.....  but after 45
> years in the computer business, I hope I know what I am doing and should I
> make that big mistake.....    I know how to say  Oh  $***!!
>
> Remember DOS days?   Everyone ran as root.

OH! do I?! I have been running Linux for 10 or so years, and I too have said
Oh $***!! a few times.. But I do agree with the Ubuntu idea of sudo.

Peace.......................ed


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