sudo vs root

[Paul Dwerryhouse]

On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 08:38:01PM -0700, maxim wexler wrote:
> Is there a difference between the two methods in the
> way the package gets installed?

No. sudo is just a mechanism to allow users to run commands as root,
without getting them into the bad habit of doing /everything/ as root.

Cheers,

Paul.

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