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From: Nix on 27 Sep 2009 05:11
On 26 Sep 2009, Ian Northeast said:
> There is also sux, found in many distros, which is like su but also passes
> on the X credentials, useful if you need to run anything graphical as root.

This is presumably obsolete now that we have pam_xauth.
From: Nico Kadel-Garcia on 27 Sep 2009 07:43
On Sep 27, 4:11 am, Nix <nix-razor-...(a)esperi.org.uk> wrote:
> On 26 Sep 2009, Ian Northeast said:
>
> > There is also sux, found in many distros, which is like su but also passes
> > on the X credentials, useful if you need to run anything graphical as root.
>
> This is presumably obsolete now that we have pam_xauth.

sudo has also correctly handled this for years. In most instances, I
prefer sudo for its subtlety of available optioins, and prefer sudo
for its ability to allow designated users very specific administrative
privileges, using their own passwords, rather than giving them a local
root privilege. It helps me avoid having to write suid programs, as
well.
From: FP on 28 Sep 2009 05:16
On 26/09/2009 07:26, Unruh wrote:
> JJ <santa(a)temporaryinbox.com> writes:
>
>
>>Hi all
>
>
>>I needed to ask a question about the Linux commands used for getting
>>root access.
>
>
>>The question is, what is the difference between "tsu", "su", and
>>"sudo"?
>
>
> Never heard of tsu. Not on my system.

Could it be a utility on Sun systems? Something to do with art, or war?

FP
From: Wanna-Be Sys Admin on 28 Sep 2009 05:49
FP wrote:

> Could it be a utility on Sun systems? Something to do with art, or
> war?
>
> FP

Nice.
--
Not really a wanna-be, but I don't know everything.
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