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Re: Sudo

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On 04/03/2016 01:33 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:30:03 -0500
> Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 03/20/2016 03:26 AM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:57 +0000
>>> Joe <joe@jretrading.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:57:56 +0100
>>>> Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, 2016-03-19 at 18:38 +0000, Joe wrote:
>>>>>> I've never seen sudo installed by default in any Debian, and I
>>>>>> begin with expert minimal netinstalls of stable, and I've never
>>>>>> seen it offered as an option there. My first two actions on
>>>>>> reboot are to install sudo and mc.
>>>>>       By default you are asked to provide a password for the “root”
>>>>>       (administrator) account and information necessary to create
>>>>> one regular user account. If you do not specify a password for the
>>>>>       “root” user this account will be disabled but the sudo
>>>>> package will be installed later to enable administrative tasks to
>>>>> be carried out on the new system.
>>>>>
>>>>>  From https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apas03.html.en
>>>>>
>>>>>    
>>>> OK, I didn't know that.
>>>>
>>> When you carry out a net install (or any installation, in fact) if
>>> you decline to provide a root password then sudo is automatically
>>> installed and configured for you, with the first user you create
>>> able to become root with sudo.
>>>
>>> This is all explained in the installer at the root password stage-
>>> there is no need to install sudo manually post-installation.
>>>
>>> If you want sudo, just don't provide a root password in the
>>> installation.
>> On the other hand, I use both su and sudo.  If I have a protracted
>> session with several different tasks that I need to complete all
>> requiring root access I su to the root user.  If on the other hand, I
>> only need to perform a single command, or so, I use sudo.  Both have
>> their uses, though as already noted, Debian generally does one or the
>> other as a default.  I install with a root password, and then bring
>> in the sudo package post-installation.
>>
> What's wrong with sudo su?
Probably nothing wrong with it, but sudo -i works for access to root 
user.  sudo su seems kind of redundant to me.

-- 
Mike

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  Re: Sudo humbert.olivier.1@free.fr - 2016-03-19 17:50 +0100
  Re: Sudo Andrew McGlashan <andrew.mcglashan@affinityvision.com.au> - 2016-03-19 18:10 +0100
    Re: Sudo doug <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> - 2016-03-19 18:40 +0100
      Re: Sudo John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-03-19 18:50 +0100
        Re: Sudo Keith Bainbridge <keithrbaugroups@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 06:10 +0100
          Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 09:30 +0100
          Re: Sudo Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2016-03-20 16:30 +0100
    Re: Sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-19 19:40 +0100
      Re: Sudo Sven Arvidsson <sa@whiz.se> - 2016-03-19 20:10 +0100
        Re: Sudo Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2016-03-19 20:40 +0100
          Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-03-20 09:30 +0100
            Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 05:40 +0100
              Re: Sudo Wolf Halton <wolf.halton@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 06:30 +0100
                Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 17:10 +0100
                Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-21 18:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 22:30 +0100
              Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 09:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-21 10:20 +0100
                Re: Sudo Richard Hector <richard@walnut.gen.nz> - 2016-03-21 22:40 +0100
                Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-22 09:00 +0100
              Re: Sudo Thomas D Dial <tdial@cox.net> - 2016-03-24 03:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-03-24 14:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-24 15:50 +0100
                Re: Sudo Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2016-03-24 16:20 +0100
                Re: Sudo David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-03-25 06:00 +0100
                Re: Sudo Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-03-25 11:30 +0100
              Re: Sudo Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-03 20:40 +0200
                Re: Sudo Michael Milliman <michael.e.milliman@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 16:00 +0200
  Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-19 18:20 +0100
  Re: Sudo John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-03-19 18:40 +0100
  Re: Sudo Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2016-03-19 19:50 +0100
  Re: Sudo <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-03-19 22:50 +0100
    Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 01:30 +0100
      Re: Sudo Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 01:50 +0100
        Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-20 02:00 +0100
          Re: Sudo Charlie Kravetz <cjk@teamcharliesangels.com> - 2016-03-20 02:40 +0100
  Re: Sudo Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2016-03-21 06:00 +0100
    Re: Sudo Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 11:00 +0100
      Re: Sudo shawn wilson <ag4ve.us@gmail.com> - 2016-03-21 12:00 +0100

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