[sclug] how to get into administrator mode on kde control center under kubuntu?

Will Dickson wrd at glaurung.demon.co.uk
Tue Aug 9 09:19:58 UTC 2005


John Stumbles wrote:
> Dickon Hood wrote:
> 
>> On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:20:40 +0100, Will Dickson wrote:
>>
>> : PPS. If you want to be root for an extended period (and who doesn't) 
>> the
>> : command to memorise is "sudo -i".
>>
>> Or do what we do at work, and add a shell or two to the list of 
>> executable
>> commands in /etc/sudoers, and 'sudo /bin/sh' or whathaveyou.
> 
> 
> I've been using sudo -s -H

Looks to perform a subset of sudo -i. I'd expect it to mostly work, but 
you might get some issues with corner cases. Besides, -i is less typing :-)

BTW, the Ubuntu FAQ covers all of this, and is recommended reading.

Will.



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