Trouble Logging In as Root

[Derek Broughton]

CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:

While I fully agree with this:

> Ignore the advice to set a root password. To do things that need root
> privileges, for example to install software, do:
> 
> sudo apt-get install foo

_This_ is nuts:

> I keep a root shell open most of the time, which I get by doing:
> 
> sudo -i

What do you possibly gain from using "sudo" when you keep yourself logged in
as root?
-- 
derek