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elehack
on Oct 1, 2011
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“I hate almost all software” — Ryan Dahl
> 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
on Oct 1, 2011
You learn something new every day. Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try at some point.
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You can also do 'sudo -s', which keeps you in your normal user's shell. It's pretty slick.