As far as I can see "su -" saves a lot of grief if you're the only admin on a system. Tried sudo ing to a protected directory? Doesn't work. Tired of entering your password every couple of minutes?
sudo does mean that the admin actions of a particular user are logged, but unless you lock down what they can do, they can change/delete the logs easily enough. I think this just degenerates into a religious war. If it works for you, and the people around you, great. If not use the other option. On 7 August 2018 at 12:11, Stephan Seitz <stse+deb...@fsing.rootsland.net> wrote: > On Di, Aug 07, 2018 at 11:58:48 +0200, Martin Drescher wrote: > >> And I'm curious why Debian still prefers the use of su over sudo? >> > > I don’t know if Debian does, but the difference between su and sudo seems > quite like to the difference between ssh logins with password and with > keys. Both have advantages and disadvantages. > > Shade and sweet water! > > Stephan > > -- > | Public Keys: http://fsing.rootsland.net/~stse/keys.html | >
