On 04/27/18 11:15, Samuel Sieb wrote: > 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. > I'll confess to not having read the entire thread. My "defense" is that I just returned from a long trip. Thanks for the tip of "-i". Sometimes habits make you blind to other methods. -- Conjecture is just a conclusion based on incomplete information. It isn't a fact.
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