Re: Proposal: su-to-root should be replaced with a system managed by alternatives.
> su
> sux
> sudo
> gksu
> gksudo
> kdesu
> calife
> chiark-really
These packages do different things, and are used for different purposes.
E.g. 'su' is for becoming another user (not necesary root) after entering
that user's password, 'sudo' for running selected commands under another
user without knowing that user's password, 'kdesu' is a component of KDE
used havily by KDe itself (e.g. from kcontrol), etc
IMHO it's not a case for alternatives.
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