[plug] Su vs Sudo

[Ian Ball]

Particularly since you can use "sudo -s" to get a "root" shell.

I personally use sudo even on distros that don't require its use, as I find
that I think more if I have to type "sudo" before commands that require root
access.
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On 30/05/07, Michael Holland <myk at myk.id.au> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 30 May 2007, Joshua Chase wrote:
>
> > Which is better sudo or su? I think su is better because of ease of
> config.
>
> su and root passwords are obsolete. Even without special config, sudo is
> better.
> A shared secret is hard to change. With sudo, you just list which users
> are allowed root access, and they use their own passwords. Prompting
> for password at sudo means that while a 'user' has root access, that
> user's regular processes do not.
>   I cannot think of any good reason for having a root password. Anyone?
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