--- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > 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 > >
To me su means switch user and sudo means switch user and do. It is rare I really want to switch my user. I usually just want the permissions in order to do something so for me sudo seems to better describe what I want. When I install Debian I do not even get sudo by default. I have to explicitly install it, then configure it myself. I don't do a typical desktop install though. Far from it. Just to head off all the folks that want to cry I am wrong, they get it when they install, etc. To that I say that's nice. If anyone wishes to duplicate how I install pick expert install, then choose nothing, done. There are likely many things about my systems that are atypical. Years of practice ... ------------------------------------ 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/
