From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com
On 1/22/26 12:13, rbowman wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:45:34 +0100, Ralf Fassel wrote:
>
>> * rbowman
>> | [...] 'sudo su' required my password and I become root.
>>
>> I thought that was what "sudo -i" was for, but there might be subtle
>> differences w/ regards to which login-specific files are read.
>>
>> R'
>
> Force of habit? -i works. I very seldom use the option and didn't know
> about -i.
>
> I don't remember the timeline but when I first started using Linux you
> would set a root password. 'su' would ask for that password and you would
> become root. It's been a long time but iirc there was a flag so you could
> retain your user environment which was handy if you had a lot of aliases.
>
> Then when the root account was locked and didn't have a password 'su'
> wouldn't work but 'sudo su' seemed logical and it works. One twist is
> 'sudo su' leaves you in the same directory where 'sudo -i' puts you in /
> root.
>
I am fine with root and with user passwords and even machine passwords.
Well here is a little article written some time ago.
Why PCLinuxOS Shuns sudo Use
< https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/201205/page11.html>
The way the 'buntus and some others use it is insanely
insecure. On PCLOS we "use su -" and yes that is a space before
the hyphen/dash whatever you want to call that short horizontal
line. Then you will enter your root passworkd end up in "/" and
I suggest that your call from the terminal would be to "mc" unless
you are a skillful typist with all the Linux commands at your fingertips.
Leaving the space and dash out may destroy your access to
your /home/user files.
Then you would need to learn "chown".
bliss- Dell Precision 7730- PCLOS 2026- Linux 6.12.66 pclos1- KDE Plasma
6.5.5
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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