Re: OT Re: root can't sudo



On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 17:58, Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@xxxxxxx> wrote:
I dont use sudo, but can you explain me,so I will go to bed with more
knowledge, why root would need sudo?
Thierry

I have used sudo as root - but with a username as an argument. Without
a username, it defaults to root, and I can't figure out why you would want that.


Cheers,

Kelly Clowers


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