Re: when you do an apt-get upgrade, does it matter it you do it as 'root'?
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Michael Pobega wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 10:41:50AM -0700, tom arnall wrote:
>> when you do an apt-get upgrade, does it matter it you do it as 'root'?
>>
>
> As said before, if you're in the sudo group and in the /etc/sudoers
> file you can run "apt-get upgrade". The main difference I've seen
> between being root and sudoing is that when you're root (This is only
> by default, not always) apt-get usually doesn't ask you to give a
> [y/n] before installing everything, while running as sudo does. I'm
> sure that can be changed but it's really the only main difference
> between root and sudo when it comes to apt.
>
>
IIRC, it makes no difference. It never asks if you specify a normal
package only, but if you ask for a meta-package or an upgrade, it always
asks.
At least in my experience and I use both root and sudo, depending on
what else I am doing and or what I need.
Either way one needs to have admin privileges, which I am sure you know.
Joe
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