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Re: [LUG] Converts to Linux

 

Benjamin A'Lee wrote:

>> sudo is FAR preferable to su because sudo only operates on that one  
>> command. It is quite likely that you will trash your entire system by  
>> 'forgetting' that you are still in an su shell. You can't do that with  
>> sudo.
> 
> Unless you do `sudo -s`. Or `sudo $SHELL`. This is much easier than
> typing `sudo` before everything if you need to do a lot of work as root,
> but carries the same risks as `su`.

Of cause

su -c "command to run"

has the same effect and only roots that one "command to run", personally
I prefer su -c to sudo

-- 
Robin Cornelius
http://www.byteme.org.uk

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