On Wed, 2013-08-14 at 20:03 +0100, Joe wrote: > it has the sudo advantages [snip] of being required for each command. That's not true and it would be a disadvantage. [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ su Password: [root@archlinux rocketmouse]# exit [rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ sudo -i [sudo] password for rocketmouse: [root@archlinux ~]# Take a look at sudo's manpage.