Re: Things Linux Can Do Without

[ Roger Blake <rogblake10@xxxxxxxxxxx> ]

In article <pan.2008.05.30.05.31.53.647906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jayjwa
wrote:
specific users specifice tasks. I can even tolerate su'ing to root. But
not "sudo" at every damn command!!!!

No need. The command "sudo bash" will bring up a root shell.

sudo -s ... it's just shorter ;)

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