I never pass up the chance to do something silly! If I'm running a single command that needs root rights, sudo is my preferred choice. Sometimes I'm running through a series of commands so I just switch over to root mode with su. Force of habit, but I think it works out to have both choices available.
Andy Davies wrote: >> Two ways of accomplishing the same thing. > > Kevin, Ted, > there seems to be general agreement that running as root should be avoided > (some pernickety people prefer to disconnect all networks before doing so. > "sudo" is therefore recommended over "su". > I think the real risk is that you may forget you're root and do something > silly. > _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
