> What exactly is the difference between SUDO and :
>
> su - -c 'command' username
sudo requires the user's password to run the command as root.
(sudo can limit the scope of who can do what commands)
su - -c 'command' username (and other variants of that) require
the main system root password
Forgive me - I come from a Solaris/FreeBSD background (with Afterstep).
Playing with Redhat is putting me back into the "F'ing Newbie" status
again.
I currently let Redhat boot into graphical mode for logging in and then
running the default Gnome environment. This is all fine and dandy, but
I'm
