[mdlug] External Hard Drives: Mounting, Unmounting, Partial Mounting?

Ingles, Raymond Raymond.Ingles at compuware.com
Mon Jan 21 16:51:33 EST 2008


> From: Michael ORourke

> Rather than use #2, I just use "sudo su -", enter my password once and then 
> I'm able to do maintenance as root.  I didn't know about the "sudo -s" 
> syntax.  -Mike

 Yup, either way gets you to the same place. From the sudo man page:

       -s  The -s (shell) option runs the shell specified by the SHELL environment
           variable if it is set or the shell as specified in passwd(5).

 Sincerely,

 Ray Ingles                                            (313) 227-2317

  "We have managed to do something our enemies never could: set up
  architectures of control designed specifically to keep our society
           from correcting its errors and improving itself.

 No society that does this to itself survives even in the short term.
 Ours will be no exception, and I for one don't feel a great deal of
             lament for it anymore." - Jean-Michel Smith
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