Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Steve Lamb]

Chris G wrote:
> OK, it's not a disaster and there are several ways around the issue, I
> could give my wife's account sudo privileges or I could use apt-get from
> the command line (having changed user to me).  However none of them is
> particularly covenient and it's a pain if I want to install something
> to fix an immediate 'on screen' problem.

    None of them is convenient?  Copying one freaking line in sudoers and
changing the username is beyond the pale!?  Cripes, man, get real!

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         Steve C. Lamb         | But who can decide what they dream
       PGP Key: 1FC01004       |      and dream I do
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