Root! Root! Root!

Thomas Kaiser thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net
Thu Mar 17 23:31:20 UTC 2005


I do:
Applications -> System Tools -> Root Terminal

Regards, Thomas

Daniel Robitaille wrote:
>> 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.
> 




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