On 20/05/10 13:00, Alan Pope wrote: > You pretty much never need to logon as root. You can 'become' root like with:- > > sudo -s
Hmmm, when I do this I tend to use sudo -i so you don't litter your homedir with root's environment nor vice versa. http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=6188826&postcount=4 HTH Al -- The Open Learning Centre http://www.theopenlearningcentre.com -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/