On Being root....

[Tristan Wibberley]

Rob Blomquist wrote:
> On Sunday 05 March 2006 6:19 am, Larry Grover so eloquently stated:
>> Rob Blomquist wrote:
> 
>> Ubuntu uses sudo by default.  Sudo is more flexible -- for example, if
>> you want to delegate different levels of authority in a multi-user
>> environment sudo is a good option -- but it probably isn't for everyone.
>>   You can enable root in Ubunut, if you decide you want to, but you
>> might want to give sudo a try first.
> 
> Yeah, but I would rather type my root password once, than sudo many times.

RTFM:

"sudo -i" = "su -"
"sudo -s" = "su"

except you give *your* password instead of root's.

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Tristan Wibberley