25 Apr
2001
25 Apr
'01
07:50
rather than "su root" means you don't have to disclose the root password to administrators, plus what they do is usually caught by the logs. You should also be able to use "sudo rxvt" over ssh to get a secure root X session as well, after logging in as a user. but unless sudo is well configured someone can always do sudo bash and then all their subsequent commands will not be logged. Same thing with sudo su -