Re: FC11 logging in as root - FC10 change not enough?

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Dave Cross wrote:
2009/10/30 Robert Moskowitz <rgm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
At times I find I need to login as root.

You really don't.

For example, as a regular user su to root, then start gedit from that
terminal session.  Look at all the errors generated.  And at least in FC10,
I could still change preferences, but in FC11, they all come up grey.  There
are other things in gnome that don't launch right from an SUed terminal
session.  So when I want to 'fix' things, I find it better to just log in as
root.

I think you need to understand the difference between "su" and "su -".

But really you need to get to grips with "sudo" as a better
replacement for "su".

Steps I always take on a new Fedora box to make my life easier.

1/ "su -" to become root.
2/ "visudo" to edit the sudoers file.
3/ Uncomment the first line referencing the "wheel" group.
4/ Save the file.
5/ Edit "/etc/groups" to add myself to the wheel group.
6/ Exit from "su -".

Is this better than just adding your userid to the sudoers file?

And I will have to learn a bit about the difference between 'su' and 'su -'.

>From that stage on, I never need "su" again. I can do anything I want
(without the errors that you're seeing) using "sudo some_command".


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