SUDO

[Matt Christian]

Eamonn and All,

Okies, the install I was running last night is no doubt broken.  Sudo
would  not work as expected, and kept producing  "unable to grant
request' type errors.  I assumed it was a design feature of the OS,
not an install glitch.  I enabled root and assigned my user account to
adm group through DSL Boot disk.  It annoyed the heck out of me.

I've been looking for 'the right' distro for a LONG time and was
elated to see Kubuntu, but was crushed when I could't enable root or
do related tasks. Yes, I RTFM.

I have since reinstalled Kubuntu on an old Gateway and a new  Dell and
sudo is working as expected.   So..  Pardon my earlier frustration and
directness, I guess  working for this agency has jaded me a tad...

As I said before, THANKS for all of you who took the time to give me
real suggestions. =-)

I'll STFU now .

Karma? Karma! We don't need no stinking Karma!
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On Apr 12, 2005 9:26 AM, Eamonn Sullivan <eamonn.sullivan at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Apr 12, 2005 4:50 PM, Matt Christian <woodelf at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Thanks for the flames. Sorry I hit a nerve.
> >
> > The point wasn't sudo, it was the 'Now Children, real bit-twisters
> > don't use root account'  attitude that I found in the WIKI postings,
> 
> Hi, no flame, I just want to understand that point if I encounter it
> again: What makes "sudo -" a 'Now Children' thing and "su" not
> condescending? I'm just honestly curious. It took me a while to grok
> sudo too, but now I prefer it and haven't noticed any reduction in my
> karma. The issue comes up periodically on the list, usually staring
> with an angry "Where the *&%^^ is root!" kind of posting. I'm at a
> loss to understand it, though.
> 
> -Eamonn (Not a Sun admin, but someone who started my Unix life on an
> ancient SunOS workstation 25 years ago.)
>