#5537 HIGH Update.: Use sudo, not su, to get root.

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#5537: Use sudo, not su, to get root.
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  Reporter:  cscott  |       Owner:  ApprovalForUpdate
      Type:  defect  |      Status:  new              
  Priority:  high    |   Milestone:  Update.1         
 Component:  distro  |     Version:                   
Resolution:          |    Keywords:                   
  Verified:  0       |    Blocking:                   
 Blockedby:          |  
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Comment(by AlbertCahalan):

 Replying to [comment:18 cscott]:

 > I don't have a strong preference, but sudo is already in joyride, and is
 the precedent set in other distros (Ubuntu, Knoppix, Mac OSX).  sudo takes
 146k.  We could plausibly ship a /usr/bin/sudo as a shell script which
 invokes 'su -lc $1'

 I think you want this:

 {{{
 #!/bin/bash
 exec su -pc "$*"
 }}}

 (just tested, on my Debian box)

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