setup sudo root for new server

[Robert Moskowitz]

Excellent point, and one for my notebook!

On 5/31/25 11:43 PM, Karl Auer wrote:
> On Sat, 2025-05-31 at 23:10 -0400, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
>> Or after the user ssh login, then "su".  Which is what I do when I
>> have lots of root stuff to do.  Gets tiring to always type in sudo.
> Running su directly requires that there be a working root password,
> known to the user executing su. If more than one user is using su
> directly, then you perforce have a shared root password. This means you
> cannot change the root password without having to inform all those
> users.
>
> Using sudo for su is safer, because no root password is needed, no root
> password is shared; everyone just uses their own password:
>
>     sudo su
>     [... commands as root ...]
>     exit
>
> sudo is generally safer because its use can be very precisely
> controlled via the /etc/sudoers file. With su, it's all or nothing.
>
> Regards, K.
>