From: mm+usenet-es@dorfdsl.de   
      
   On 29.01.2025 17:04 Uhr Rich wrote:   
      
   > root  wrote:   
   > > root  wrote:   
   > >> Even more bitching. Why is the persistent option   
   > >> no longer available? Why is the font of the   
   > >> help directory so small and blurry that it   
   > >> cannot be read? Why can't I find a grub.cfg   
   > >> to change to boot into init 3? What is happening   
   > >> to Slackware?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > OK, I got it, when is say sudo su, the password   
   > > they ask for is not the root password. Since I   
   >   
   > If your 'help docs' say "sudo su" then they were written by a Ubuntu   
   > user.  I.e., someone who learned "Ubuntu" -- not Linux.   
      
   sudo is a UNIX tool and can be configured in many ways.   
   It can ask for the user's password if configured to do that (IIRC   
   default).   
      
   > No proper Slackware user would ever foolishly suggest 'sudo su'.   
      
   Depends. In certain environments with many admins individual passwords   
   are preferred. If those users should be able to become another one they   
   might use sudo su in Slackware.   
      
   --   
   kind regards   
   Marco   
      
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