cross-platform virus

[Peter Garrett]

On Sun, 09 Apr 2006 23:29:25 +1000
Sasha Tsykin <stsykin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tristan Wibberley wrote:

> > Do not use sudo -s. use sudo -i. sudo -s should be removed or at the
> > least documented that it should never be used.
> > 
> > sudo -s runs your own .bashrc as root - yet your .bashrc is writable by
> > your own user account - which could be compromised by a firefox flaw, or
> > a flaw in your email program, etc...
> > 
[snip]

> Which is all very well and good, but if you are running a number of 
> commands which all require root access, then it is a major pain to 
> preface each command with sudo. 

Which is why you use sudo -i if you want a root shell , as Tristan
patiently explained above.

Peter

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