sudo vs. gksu

[Karl Larsen]

Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Sat, 2008-04-05 at 11:31 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> I am going to run an experiment where I use nothing but sudo with
>> gedit and pay attention to the control files. I use joe as an editor
>> in a terminal and it has never had a problem when used in a root
>> terminal.
>>     
>
>      1. Joe is not an X application, and the linked site explains that
>         mainly those are affected
>      2. Why run the risk or, even worse, guide newbies into taking this
>         risk? gksu has just as many characters to type as sudo and is
>         safe for X apps, so why not use it?
>
>
>   
    Mainly because I have a hard time remembering sudo :-)

That is why I have a root password. I have used su - so long I remember it.


Karl


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