Re: Sudo but no su -

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On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 11:05:28 -0700
Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The home directory for root is /root.

Good to know that it will always be there.  Habit for me is to use root
and su instead of sudo.  old dog - new tricks  :-)
 
> I think the majority opinion now is that logging in as the root user
> is discouraged.  In almost all cases sudo is sufficient and if you
> need to do root things for a while, just use "sudo -i".  For remote
> access as root, use keys.

I guess I hold the minority opinion, but that's OK.  Linux is all about
choice, and the more the better.
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