Serious bug in Gdebi-kde 0.8.7 -- is there a later package?

[DBeckett]

I never understood the sudo thing, or why it's supposedly better than entering a root password or becoming root when required.

I think it's just a design choice that's made. Some distros don't allow root login by default, and have no root password unless you force the issue. I'm with you though.... I like using root to make system changes. Maybe I'm just a creature of habit. Never cared for sudo.

[timkb4cq]

Sudo is a lot more configurable for multi-user environments. For example, you can allow a user to use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade without allowing them to install or remove packages. You can just allow them to mount & unmount drives without giving them any other admin privileges.

That said, I don't use sudo that way, and most home users have no reason to.

[DBeckett]

Sudo is a lot more configurable for multi-user environments. For example, you can allow a user to use apt-get update && apt-get upgrade without allowing them to install or remove packages. You can just allow them to mount & unmount drives without giving them any other admin privileges.

That said, I don't use sudo that way, and most home users have no reason to.

I had forgotten all about a multi-user environment. I've never had to deal with that.

[lucky9]

One of the main reasons I don't like sudo is that you have to sudo this, then sudo that, then sudo the other thing. With su you just su to root and go on and do all that you need to do. Then close the Konsole/Terminal. Done.