sudo, su, root

[Michael Beattie]

On 6/14/05, David Woyciesjes <woyciesjes at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Albin Blaschka wrote:
> 
> >
> >....
> > The other one: from a "standard" terminal, type "sudo su" and one time
> > your password - then again you are root, with all *priviliges* and
> > *DANGERS* that come with them...
> >
> 
>         Actually, typing "sudo su" is not really necessary, and a bit
> redundant. Just type "su", then enter the password...
> 
> --

this is not the same.  su asks for the other user's password and since
root is disabled by default it wont work.