On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Petrus de Calguarium <pgueckel@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > When I need root access, I used to use sudo su -. Recently, I discovered I > could simply type su -. > > What's the difference: > > su - > sudo su - When you use "sudo su -", you have to type in the password of the user running sudo (with sudo's default setup) whereas when you use "su -" you have to type in root's password. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines