[OT] sudo, why not su?

Russell Cook bike_oz at yahoo.com.au
Sun Aug 7 23:08:43 UTC 2005


Just do sudo -s - it works for me.

On Sun, 2005-08-07 at 23:49 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 11:06:50PM +0200, John Nilsson wrote:
> >On sön, 2005-08-07 at 20:08 +0100, Magnus Therning wrote:
> >> Now, what I wonder is if there is a way to set up your system such that
> >> the following is possible:
> >> 
> >>  usr1$ su -c cmd
> >>  Password: <pwd1>
> >
> >john at newkid:~$ sudo su - -c whoami
> >Password:
> >root
> >
> >Does that do what you want?
> 
> No!
> 
> I want to run su and enter my own password!
> 
> Not root's password, my own. I don't want to use sudo to run su, I just
> want to run su.
> 
> I'm sorry, I'm just getting frustrated with my lack in communication
> skills.
> 
> /M
> 

Kind Regards Russell
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