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Re: debian-user-digest Digest V2009 #643



> On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 09:34:27 -0400
> Leonardo Cuyar Morales <leo.cuyar@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Hello I want to begin a new with this:
> > 
> > I use sudo user to do some commands like root but after I "sudo su" to
> > become root I can't write archives and files owned  by  root, is there  a
> > program who  let me  write  this  files

On 12.04.09 23:05, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> Why don't you simple use 'su' instead of 'sudo su'? Also, check the
> file permissions to make sure they are writable. If not, you can use
> chmod to make the file writable.

I guess it's because "sudo su" does not require root's password, but
users'. However this can have significant ipmact on system's security.
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