Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

Dave Woyciesjes woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net
Wed Feb 4 23:38:15 UTC 2009


Res wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2009, Dave Woyciesjes wrote:
> 
>> 	In other words, it's all about personal choice. You can go ahead and
>> shoot yourself in the foot, if you like. I choose not to.
> 
> no, you cant make that assumption, because to do so, says your favouring 
> sudo, which for reasons stated before may not be everybody case,
> 
	Actually, all I was saying that everyone has a _choice_ as to how they 
want to do admin work on their Linux box. You do it you way, someone 
else can do it their way. There is no one perfect answer, it's all 
circumstantial.

> 
(Clipped some interesting reading...)
> 
> 
>> 	"Opinions are like assholes. Everybody has one, and most of them stink"
>> - Unkonwn
> 
> 
> Yes and some are very dangerous and unthoughout opinions as well.
> 
> 
> 
	My point exactly. This whole su vs. sudo argument is very subjective. 
And I won't state my preference. It's probably not what you think it is.


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