Vote for new Ubuntu Feature---Let's try it again

[Robert Aldridge]

>>From: Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk>
>>
>>OK.  Let's work this through.  If I sudo <command> (and am authorised to
>>so that command) my privileges are upped to root (or whatever is given
>>to me in the sudoers file).  Does that only work for that one command?
>>Do I have to use sudo for every command and put my password in each time?


Try doing 'sudo su' in a terminal (console/Konsole, whatever) when you want
to do several commands as root.  This promotes you to root until you enter
the command 'exit' which drops you back to your user account.

Hope this helps,

BR
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