[colug-432] Root Login Debian

[Edward Dunagin]

As I recall, my systems had a choice to prevent root logins. In other
words it would not let me login as root!
Edward Dunagin-Dunigan
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:10 PM, Rob Funk <rfunk at funknet.net> wrote:
> On Monday, February 13, 2012 02:20:45 PM Richard Holbert wrote:
>> Here's a snip from the sudo man page:
>>
>> The -i (simulate initial login) option runs the shell specified in the
>> passwd(5) entry of the target user as a login shell.  This means that
>> login-specific resource files such as .profile or .login will be read by
>> the shell.  If a command is specified, it is passed to the shell for
>> execution. Otherwise, an interactive shell is executed.  sudo attempts
>> to change to that user's home directory before running the shell.  It
>> also initializes the environment, leaving DISPLAY and TERM unchanged,
>> setting HOME, MAIL, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME, and PATH, as well as the
>> contents of /etc/environment on Linux and AIX systems.  All other
>> environment variables are removed.
>
> Don't miss -s, the non-login version:
>
>       -s [command]
>                   The -s (shell) option runs the shell specified by the SHELL
>                   environment variable if it is set or the shell as specified
>                   in passwd(5).  If a command is specified, it is passed to
>                   the shell for execution.  Otherwise, an interactive shell
>                   is executed.
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