On Thu, Apr 05, 2007 at 06:54:06PM -0700, Garrett Cooper wrote: > b) sudo can run commands directly instead of having to type in su, and > then run the command from the su'ed shell.
>From man su: If the optional args are provided on the command line, they are passed to the login shell of the target login. Note that all command line argu- ments before the target login name are processed by su itself, everything after the target login name gets passed to the login shell. This lets you run commands without obtaining a full shell. > Unless you're trying to get root access and fall under point b., and > this is your own personal machine, there's basically no use in using > sudo. Besides, one less binary on your machine with those sorts of > privileges offers less methods of attacking your machine in order to get > elevated privileges. I like the logging ability. If I fatfinger a command line, I can easily go back and see exactly what I did(in case the output of the command doesn't make it obvious), and when. It's all personal preference, though. > -Garrett Erik _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
