Being root

[Thomas Kaiser]

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