On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:42:40 -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:13:58 -0400 (EDT), Camaleón wrote: >> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:01:10 +0200, Alexander Hintzer wrote: >>> Why should one use "sudo" in addition to being root and thus having >>> all rights? >> >> +1 :-) > > I don't speak for the OP, but my guess is that the OP has a script that > he wants to be able to run either as his non-superuser self or as root. > The script needs to perform a function that normally requires root > privileges. There are two possible approaches: (1) Do userid tests and > have dual-path code: one for root and one for a non-root user. Execute > the special command directly if the userid is root. Execute it via sudo > if the userid is not root. (2) Unconditionally execute the special > command via sudo and don't worry about who the userid is. The second > approach is simpler.
I see. A "lazy" programming issue :-) Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2010.09.28.14.47...@gmail.com