Re: Sudo

[Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz>]

On 22/03/16 05:29, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Mar 2016 11:00:13 -0500
> Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 03/21/2016 12:22 AM, Wolf Halton wrote:
>>> Sudo -i opens a session as root with environment as if you did su - 
>>>  except your non-root admin user doesn't have to know the root password.  
> 
> That is incorrect. Anytime sudo is used, a password is required.

Not incorrect. Yes, a password is (usually) required. The _root_
password is not required. That's a big difference.

Richard