su versus sudo

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su versus sudo

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True true, but other Scripts still make use of sudo. I'll be honest, I don't really understand why since they should already be running his root.
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Re: manual install issues

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@eloyd, what do you think of me opening up a thread on this topic under Nagios Ideas? It's not going to get as many eyes under the Customer Support forum.
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Sure. I just like replying to really old threads. :-)
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Re: su versus sudo

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We'll leave this open for community and dev comment.
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