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		dheera on June 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: SSH as a Sudo Replacement > I changed the root password If you're going to set a root password, you might as well just do this and if I'm not mistaken it accomplishes everything you want `alias sudo="su -c"`

philkrylov on June 24, 2024 [–]

Only with GNU su. A portable though limited replacement would be something like

    alias sudo="su root -c"

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