From: chris@internal.net   
      
   On 29/01/2025 at 17:57, Marco Moock wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Why not 'sudo -i' ?   
      
      
   --   
   Chris Elvidge, England   
   I WILL NOT SPIN THE TURTLE   
      
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