On 04/26/2018 05:44 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
FWIW, I never have the need to login as root from the graphical interface. But I do, at times, have the need to issue a series of commands from the command line as root. In those cases sudo is cumbersome. So, I will use "su -". So, no matter what the default is I will be giving root a pw. :-) :-)
I have mentioned the "sudo -i" command several times in this thread, but I'm wondering if it's not clear what that does. It asks for your user password and gives you a full root shell. You don't need to type "sudo" for every command and no need for a root password. "su -" and "sudo -i" have the same result, but the first one asks for the root password and the second one asks for your user password.
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