[ale] Root vs Normal User

[attriel]

> Why is sudo not good enough?  If you need to run some program as root
> then use sudo.  That is what it was designed for.

Actually, until recently, I never used sudo, b/c I always felt it was a
security hole, since it allowed people without the root password to do
rooty things.

Recently, however, one of the sysadmin groups at my office that I work
with has moved all non-group admins to using sudo for rooty things, and
I've been learning about it.  And since they gave me full sudo access (ie
-- I can sudo -s and have a root shell just like I su'd), i'm finding that
it works just as well for me, and leaves a trail.

Also I've realized that the fact that I can now sudo and a keylogger can
catch the password isn't really that different than when I could su and a
keylogger could do it.  Go figure, whoops :o

Here's a question, though:  How do you pronounce it?

I always pronounce it "pseudo" as in "pretend I'm not me and do this"
The admins I'm talking to pronounce it "su, do" as in "as the superuser,
do this" ...

So, how do YOU pronounce it? :)

--attriel (nee death at cc)