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surely it makes no difference which you use except that su -c is longer than sudo and sudo -s is longer than su... On 9/30/06, Robin Cornelius <robin.cornelius@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html > > > > -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html