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David Bell wrote: > On Friday 31 March 2006 22:18, Neil Williams wrote: > >> IMNSHO anyone who runs user-level-only packages as the root user does not >> *deserve* root access in the first place. > > Thanks for all that Neil. The reason why I asked in the first place was that > I installed Kubuntu (twice) yesterday using the *expert* option, merely to > have more control during the installation process, which also makes provision > for a root password. Both times I found that SUDO was broken and using SU + > root password didn't work for some tools. Just chipping in a bit late here, as usual... The reason "su + root password doesn't work for some tools..." is usually because "su" on it's own escalates privilege, swaps identity, but doesn't change environment. "su -" also runs root's login script, so you'll get root's $PATH, etc. if you use that. jd -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html