[OT] sudo, why not su?

J.Markoll j.markoll at free.fr
Wed Aug 10 05:32:05 UTC 2005


MrKnisely a écrit :
> J.Markoll wrote:
>> Derek Broughton a écrit :
>>> Sean Miller wrote:
>>>> Derek Broughton wrote:
[...]
[Root Terminal]
> The root terminal is just the result of running sudo... well, sort of.  
> The command is:
> gksudo /usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator
> gksudo is just a front end for sudo.

> Yes, it is useful... though not really.  For a newbie that knows he 
> needs root to do something but doesn't know about the sudo command it is 
> handy to be able to just go through the menu and find what he/she 
> needs.  Several other items in the menu system use the same method.

> The fist installed user is not the only password that will work.  You 
> can easily edit your sudoers file to allow other users the same permission.
> MrKnisely
Then I suppose the administration graphic tool 
'System/Administration/Users and
Groups' allows to edit this file, through the choice of making a user 
belonging to some group, admin or adm group, probably ?
J.Markoll

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