Being root

[Mark C. Miller]

On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:45:42 +0200, Thomas Kaiser wrote:

> On 06/26/2009 07:31 PM, Pete Clapham wrote:
>> Hey, doesn't it depend on what you want to do?  There are some times
>> that sudo works well, and others where it's a good idea to be root. 
>> For example, if you're doing a whole raft of command-line commands and
>> you have to be root, it's a whole lot easier to do an /su/ and go to
>> root than to type /sudo/ in front of every command.  Yes, it lets you
>> in to the possibility of doing damage, but you have to know the risk.
>> Frankly, I wouldn't use Ubuntu if I couldn't go to root, and I find
>> sudo a pain in the neck.  But does this mean it's bad for others?  Of
>> course not.
> 
> "sudo -i" perhaps?
> 
> After that "whoami".
> 
> Thomas

"sudo su", I believe, gives you root access for as long as that session 
continues.  

mcm