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On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:40:23 +0100 Neil Williams <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 30/09/06 12:23:38, Neil Winchurst wrote: > > Thanks to you, Tony and the others who have replied. I am very > > reassured. I have never used sudo myself since I, obviously, have > > always known the root password. > > That just means you need to configure sudo properly. > > Once sudo is setup properly, there should be zero reasons to use 'su' - > let alone login as root directly. > > 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. > Of course I never log in as root directly. When I need to be root I use su for the one command and then immediately return to normal user status. Sometimes I need to enter the root password for such things as 'configure your computer' or adjusting the clock. Once I quit the command I am automatically back to normal user. I must admit that, although I have used Linux for years, I had not heard of sudo until about a month ago. I will look into it and follow advice from you and others. Thanks. Neil Winchurst > ============= > http://www.data-freedom.org/ > http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ > http://www.linux.codehelp.co.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