[nzlug] OMG, I can no longer run 'sudo' !

[Craig Box]

> Indeed, that's what sudo was designed for. However on a typical
> desktop using this or that makes almost no difference except that one
> asks for your password and the other for root's password. IMHO That's
> not a good enough reason to reject su completely.
Point of clarification - the issue isn't as much with "su", the command
that lets you switch to another user, as it is with the root account
being enabled.  On a system with an administrator account and a limited
account, many people would choose just to use the root account, which is
obviously a big no-no.  With no password set, the general user cannot
log into anything _but_ a limited user account.

As others have pointed out, there is also the "one password" advantage.

Craig