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On Sun, 2010-05-16 at 16:05 +0100, Juan J. MartÃnez wrote: > I would add that "sudo -i" provides a login shell, that it's the same > than "su -". > > The difference is mainly in the environment variables used with you run > "su -" for a login shell and "su root" to just become root preserving > part of the actual environment. Ah, thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware of those difference. Personally I also only use sudo, it seemed a chore in the very beginning but I quickly got used to it and suppose I prefer it now, less chance of typing something silly into a terminal I don't notice is root. -- John Williams My linux blog of notes and guides http://subbass.blogspot.com/ -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html