Path: csiph.com!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?4oCcV2hhdA==?= a Linux root user can do - and 8 ways you should absolutely never use =?UTF-8?B?aXTigJ0=?= Date: 22 Jan 2026 20:40:41 GMT Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <10koqeb$1i9u5$2@dont-email.me> <10kpar0$1nlc1$1@dont-email.me> <10kq97r$31q7d$1@news1.tnib.de> <10kroo0$2hv00$3@dont-email.me> <10kst77$2t8jm$5@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Z4tN30jwiPDaG14+ALEGdgFRW/k2HSLf1kUm7dQY6wJ3s1q7kQ Cancel-Lock: sha1:xbWTg0IOVFbUW+3IuT5+vmolaZA= sha256:CYFcXw+UWEvZoIYsA0eYFNCds5yqLbKhmqdp9OU1iAE= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:81512 On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 10:12:55 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 22/01/2026 00:20, rbowman wrote: >> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:19:35 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >>> >>>> sudo su is always wrong. >>> >>> It’s hilarious the number of people who use both programs in the one >>> command. >> >> 'su' requires the root password and I have no idea what it is. > > Sudo passwd root ? I see no reason to go there. I don't remember when the Linux distros transitioned from having an unlocked root account with a password but I've managed to do anything that needs to be done with sudo for years. I wish I still had the source but we used to have a utility called 'gosu'. Everyone compiled their own after modifying the source for their user name and then set 4755. I think the owner was changed to root. Primitive, but it worked and didn't require a password.