> On 24 Jul 2022, at 09:59, Tim via users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Tim via users wrote: >>> It's far more convenient for me to open a terminal and "su -" so I >>> can do a mass of text editing setting up servers, than sudo each >>> thing (*). > > > Samuel Sieb: >> (*) "sudo -i" > > I can't see any tangible difference between doing "su -" and then using > the command line as root user to do a pile of things, or starting off > by doing "sudo -i" instead (at least not in the Mate terminal). For sudo -i you need your user password. For su - you need root to have a password set and that you know it. Barry > > > -- > > uname -rsvp > Linux 3.10.0-1160.71.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 28 15:37:28 UTC 2022 x86_64 > > Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. > I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
