[elehack]

> There is also "sudo su" (unless explicitly disabled by your admins) to avoid repeated invocations of sudo while you are performing a long admin task.

You can also do 'sudo -s', which keeps you in your normal user's shell. It's pretty slick.

[dspillett → elehack]

You learn something new every day. Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try at some point.