Root! Root! Root!

Thomas Kaiser thomas at kaiser.linux-site.net
Fri Mar 18 07:05:24 UTC 2005


That's what I did, too. And changed the icon to something "hot".

Regards, Thomas

russell cook wrote:
> I dragged that icon to the panel bar so it's now only one click :-)
> 
> On Fri, 2005-03-18 at 00:31 +0100, Thomas Kaiser wrote:
> 
>>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.
>>> 
>>
> Kind Regards Russell
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