On Fri, 27 Apr 2018 08:22:12 -0400 Tom H <tomh0665@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 5:03 AM, Bob Marcan <bob.marcan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Thu, 26 Apr 2018 13:09:43 -0700 Samuel Sieb <samuel@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 04/26/2018 01:03 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >>> On 04/26/2018 12:54 PM, Samuel Sieb wrote: > >>>> > >>>> I'm curious what you find you need to use a root login for. > >>> > >>> If I need to do more than one or two things as root, it's easier to > >>> become root rather than type sudo over and over. > >> > >> That's what "sudo -i" is for. > > > > Or "sudo bash" > > Sure, or > > sudo -s > sudo su > sudo su -l > sudo sh > sudo sh -l > sudo bash -l > ... None of the sudo commands listed allow you to run a graphical program ie. meld. Is there some way to do that? David > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
