[COLUG] sudo: the Ubuntu way to be root

[jep200404]

Rob, Russ, what would you add? 

Drew wrote:

> I run ubuntu ...  It alwys 
> bothered me that when doing things through gnome, that if I needed root 
> priviliages it would ask me for my password rather than the root 
> password. 

This is the Ubuntu way. It has nothing to do with Gnome per se. 
It's controversial but there are folks on this list who do not use 
Ubuntu will tell you that using sudo is a good thing. Now's a good 
time for them to speak up. Here's the explanation of the Ubuntu way. 

   https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo

It's the first feature mentioned on Wikipedia. 

   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu#Features

If you really want to be root shell, just execute: 

   sudo su -

Jim