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15 May
2006
15 May
'06
1:45 a.m.
(btw, is there a clever way to avoid this sudo stuff and become real root?)
Ubuntu Linux also uses sudo instead of a root login. There I get around it with: $ sudo bash (or your favorite shell) Password: ... # cmd1 ... -Sanjoy `Never underestimate the evil of which men of power are capable.' --Bertrand Russell, _War Crimes in Vietnam_, chapter 1.