sudo, su, root

[Martin Holt Juliussen]

tir, 14,.06.2005 kl. 13.00 -0400, skrev Michael Beattie:
> > > The other one: from a "standard" terminal, type "sudo su" and one time
> > > your password - then again you are root, with all *priviliges* and
> > > *DANGERS* that come with them...
> > >
> > 
> >         Actually, typing "sudo su" is not really necessary, and a bit
> > redundant. Just type "su", then enter the password...
> > 
> > --
> 
> this is not the same.  su asks for the other user's password and since
> root is disabled by default it wont work.

Instead of '$ sudo su' you can type '$ sudo -s'.


Martin