Re: Things Linux Can Do Without

On 2008-05-30, Roger Blake <rogblake10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Make it even easier: "sudo -s" will bring up a root shell with whatever
you've defined to be your default shell in $SHELL.

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John (john@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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