[kwlug-disc] Johnny Cash: A boy name SU

[unsolicited]

sudo is just a command.

su is just a command.

Both just take commands as arguments.

sudo su is somewhat redundant.

su {user} or sudo -U {user} somewhat equivalent.

It's almost too bad everyone writes "sudo {something or other}" instead 
of just "{something or other}". Instead of just indicating a need for an 
elevated privileged account. Since 'su -c' is sufficiently an 
equivalent, and how one gets to the elevated prompt doesn't really matter.

The unfortunate impression is left that sudo is some magical everything 
command.

In some sense, too bad they don't list things as:

sudo bash -
{something or other}


On 14-05-21 10:20 AM, John Johnson wrote:
> On 2014-05-21 10:13, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
>> Is it just me or what? The su has always been in Linux since forever.
>
> It is me. Not you.
>
> Many years ago I looked for SU and was advised to do all 'root' stuff
> with $ sudo.
> I did not know about $ sudo su<ENTER> until recently.