[plug] sudo

[Mark Dixon]

 > I would like it if someone would explain my misunderstanding of why
 > 'sudo' is considered
 > good / better / safer than a root account?

If you login as root and do something silly without thinking, it's done. 
  A recursive (-R) option on a command can render your system unusable. 
  However if you login as a normal user and have to type sudo in front 
of commands that require G0d-like power then you tend to type them and 
get a "permission denied" message which acts as a little reminder that 
you need to sudo the command and do so with caution.

Craig Dyke wrote:
> Now some of you are going to chastise me for asking this question, but I 
> am curious.
> 
> I have noticed that the recent spate of distributions seem to say that 
> 'sudo' is the way to
> go in place of a root account.
> 
>  From the information I have found on the net it appears to me that this 
> option simply shifts
> the admin responsibilities to another account and has all the same 
> inherent problems of
> that user(s) safe guarding their passwords as would the root account user.
> 
> I would like it if someone would explain my misunderstanding of why 
> 'sudo' is considered
> good / better / safer than a root account?
> 
> Craig
> 
> PS. If you wish to verbally have at me, please be gentle :)