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

["Niels Kobschätzki" <n.kobschaetzki@example.com>]

On 8/24/07, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
> On 24/08/07, steven smith <sjs@example.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> 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.

What do you use then? Logging into a root-account? (and therefore
activating the purposely disabled account in Ubuntu)

Niels