Joel Peter William Pitt wrote: > > 2. Not logging into X as root is another benefit. Running a single X > client/app as root is different than running all of X as root. > > > You can run su within a terminal in X, no one mentioned anything about > running X as root. That's an aside from whether to use su or sudo for > admin.
But not X apps. Not without tinkering with Xauthority files. > > 3. Logging, provided by sudo, is not merely for the sake of > knowing who > did what; sometimes it's for who did what when, etc. > > > If it is a single user machine then the single user knows who did what > and when, they are the only user... Unless you need to know two days after the fact, when you've forgotten when you did what when. > There is more of a papertrail when tracking done an admin problem, but > in general, for single-user machines su is adequate and less trouble > to setup. I agree with this "in general" use; I just didn't agree to the original claim that there is *NO* benefit to using sudo on a single-user machine. -- Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]