Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote: > "sudo " is shorter than saying "as the root user: ". "su -c " is > longer than "sudo ". Explaining how and when to "su -" and "exit" > is usually longer than any of them. None of them are correct on all > systems. > > So, it's not about being correct. It's about being both terse and > descriptive at the same time. > > If the reply comes back with "su doesn't work" or "sudo doesn't > work", you can see they missed the point entirely and educate them > about what is "being root", the dangers of "being root", and how to > do it on various Debian-alike systems. Full agreement! These excellently presented reasons are why I use 'sudo' in my explanations and will continue to do so. Bob
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