I guess it is easier to remember for Debian or Fedora users to use su than -s because that is the terminal command in those environments. Both su an -s will work. I recommend using whatever you can remember, but just be consistent. Insisting on one way can lead to confusion in my experience. In Fedora it is su - to make things more confusing. But in Debian it is just su. I find telling people to use su is more consistent with the way it is done by Debian. If one is coming from more of a Unix or BSD background then sudo -s makes sense, but these people are rare. I blame Canonical for mixing sudo into a Debian shell. ;) It confounded me for a long time and now I struggle with su - in Fedora.
Roy Using Kubuntu 12.04, 64-bit Location: Canada On 20 August 2012 15:01, Paul <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > > > > > --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > > > You use root in Ubuntu using sudo. There is no separate root password or > a > > root user. To use it, you use the command sudo before the operation such > as > > 'sudo nautilus' will open the file manager as root or 'sudo apt-get > update' > > to update your package list. You always use sudo before the command for > > anything requiring root access. You will only be asked for the password > the > > first time, though. You can use 'sudo su' to switch to root and then not > > bother with sudo anymore (for that terminal session). You will get the > > traditional # to show you are root instead of the $ used in sudo. > > > > Let us know if the password problem continues. That can be fixed too. > > > > sudo su? > > Why not sudo -s? > > sudo su sounds too much like a Phil Collins song for my tastes. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
