fresh install of w.warthog -- many questions, gripes

[Sven Wagschal]

Paul Sladen schrieb:
> On Sat, 5 Feb 2005 gl34 at telus.net wrote:
>>I was told I could su to a root console. Wrong!
> 
> 
> Advanced operating-systems such as Ubuntu and Mac OSX use 'sudo' to delegate
> security privileges.  As shown in the examples above, you can run commands
> that require root-privileges with:
> 
>   $ sudo COMMAND TO RUN AS ROOT
> 
> and identifying yourself with your password.

You can even start a root console that way:
$ sudo -s
Your Password

There it is.