Correct.  I know sudo su is not better than just su, but hey, I've got a
false sense of security :)

gabe

On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 03:10:28PM -0500, Callum Lerwick wrote:
> "Gabe Turner (officer)" wrote:
> > 
> > > (2) log in as a user and su to root!
> > 
> > Actually, I refuse to do even that.  I 'sudo su' (or sudo su -, or sudo
> > tcsh) so I don't have to type in the root passwd.
> 
> So I only have to get your password, or find you logged in to your box
> when you're not looking, and I can get root, or any other user I want?
> Neat. ;)
> 
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