[OT] sudo, why not su?

[Johann Spies]

On Sun, Aug 07, 2005 at 11:18:14AM -0400, MrKnisely wrote:
> Perhaps it is important to remember that althoug you can do the same 
> tasks with two commands, they are not meant to be replacements for one 
> another.  Per man:
> 
> su - Change user ID or become super-user
> 
> sudo - execute a command as another user

I use 'sudo su - '  regularly e.g.  the sysadm-account on one of my
servers has no password.  So to become sysadm I use "sudo su -
sysadm".  

What I like about sudo is that all the actions are logged.  When
somebody ssh in as root  or su to root the actions are normally
nowhere logged.

Regards
Johann
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