Why do all the sudo? [was Re: Software updater no longer functional]

[Ralf Mardorf]

> On 22 Jan 2017, at 23:15, Paul Sladen <ubuntu at paul.sladen.org> wrote:
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>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2017, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> On Sun, 22 Jan 2017 19:32:12 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>>> Serious user errors that happen from time to time
>> [Off-topic and misleading examples]
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> Ralf.  This is a user help list.
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> Please give examples only in the form that Ubuntu was designed
> for, and which the Ubuntu documentation uses.
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>    -Paul
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> ...Because we are here to assist, to give help and support, not to
> cause people more problems later.

The examples are from my Ubuntu, however, your perhaps argue against the "su", then simply replace "su", by "sudo -s" or "sudo -i". However, Ubuntu is designed for adding user accounts as well as a root account.