[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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