superuser console?

[Bryn M. Reeves]

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Alain PORTAL wrote:
> Nobody needs dayly a console with fully superuser permissions when he works as 
> a normal user?

Run "su -"?

> As an example, every time I need to know a status service, I need 
> to "/sbin/service" instead of "service"?

That's just down to the setting of your PATH environment variable. If it
upsets you, change it in /etc/profile (for all users), or
~/.bash_profile (for your own account - assuming you use bash as your
default shell).

Add something like:

export PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:$PATH

> For me, this really a regression about a Linux Distribution can offer me.
> 
> Should I have to build my Linux from scratch to get an old behaviour?

You can if you like:

http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/

It's a great learning experience (seriously!). But if you build it with
KDE4 you will probably find that you have exactly the same problem there.

Regards,
Bryn.

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