Root! Root! Root!

[Daniel Robitaille]

>  I prefer a working root account for when I run multiple commands or am
> debugging problems, but am happy with sudo for scripts and single commands.
> I agree tab completion is great. When I remember (not always), I type the
> command and command line first (so I can use some of bash's features) then
> hit the home key to go to the start of the line and type in sudo. Not an
> elegant solution but a workaround.

sudo -s -H

You then get a full root prompt from "within" sudo (without the need
to activate the root account), and tab completion seems to work
properly.