Hmm, I think<br><br>$ sudo -i <br><br>and your account password will give you root access on Ubuntu. On Debian sudo is not allowed by default.<br><br>$ sudo su - <br><br>is stupid.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Craig White <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 10:05 -0600, Petrus de Calguarium wrote:<br>
> When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I<br>
> could simply type su -.<br>
><br>
> What's the difference:<br>
><br>
> su -<br>
> sudo su -<br>
><br>
</div>----<br>
I can't imagine why any UNIX/Linux system would allow a 'sudo su'<br>
command.<br>
<br>
su -<br>
<br>
is just a whole lot less typing<br>
<br>
sudo su -<br>
<br>
can be a security nightmare<br>
<br>
however on Debian/Ubuntu systems where there is generally no 'superuser'<br>
login allowed, you would have to 'sudo su -' to obtain a continuous<br>
superuser shell.<br>
<br>
Craig<br>
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