su Usage

[WipeOut]

shane c branch wrote:

> WipeOut wrote:
>
>> Can somone point me to a good doc on using "su"..
>>
>> I have always just logged in a root because security was not really 
>> an issue, but now I need to operate in a more secure fashion as far 
>> as user account controls are concerned so the starting point I feel 
>> is to not allow root to login directly with ssh..
>>
>> This means I have to get to grips with the ins and outs of "su" but 
>> the man page is a little shy.. anyone got any useful info?
>>
>> Thanks..
>>
> Two suggestons:
> 1) if you decide to use 'su' alias the command to su - which forces a 
> true login
>
> 2) you might also want to look at sudo, which allows you more options 
> to configure who can and can't be superuser, and what those you allow 
> as superuser can do.
>
That just shows how much I need to learn.. I thought "su" and "sudo" 
were the same thing.. :)