Re: [tlug] [Newbie] Becoming 'root' in Kubuntu

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>> So far I use sudo <command> for simple things and
>> 'sudo su -' where I need to do a lot as root and am quite
>> happy without a root account.
> 
> Get out of the habit of "sudo su -", as it leaves a root shell hanging around.

Hi Josh,
Just to check your meaning, there is nothing hanging around after I type
"exit" is there?

> Professional sysadmins on this list will use sudo very seldom; you'd
> be surprised. At Amazon, "sudo su -", "sudo bash", and the like are
> 禁止されている, and you basically never miss them.

But you still type in "su -" when you need to be root? Other than having
to know root password, how is that different from "sudo su -"?

Darren