On Fri, Jul 07, 2000 at 05:28:54PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote: > sudo alleviates the need for this. I suggest using that where you are > interested in an easier method. Also, sudo requires a password just like > su, but caches that access. This means that you can use sudo again within > like 15 minutes (configurable) without having to type your password again. > Plus sudo allows you to use your own password, as opposed to the root > password. which i think is a bad idea. if your ordinary user account password is compromised its just as bad as a root compromise if you have full sudo privleges (sudo bash). if you only use the real su for gaining root and performing maintainence then a compromise of your own account is not an automatic root. IMHO of course. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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