A simple "sudo" script

Hi, I wrote a simple "sudo" script for people who prefer to use su rather than sudo.
#!/bin/bash
while [ -n "$1" ]
do
command="${command} $1"
shift
done
su -c "$command"
Usage:
put it in /usr/sbin, then for example, do
sudo pacman -Sy
Password:
enter root password
Advantages:
for those who don't like sudo, this sudo script is convenient for one line commands
simple bash completion
Hope you find it useful

Xilon wrote:Couldn't you just do:
alias sudo='su -c'
That would require you to manually put ' ' around your command, and miss bash completion.
mucknert wrote:Uh. sudo allows a much finer selection of rights. You can say what user or group is allowed to execute with its own password (or no password at all) instead of the root pw. That's a lot more than your script does and those are good reasons, too. Read up on sudo one day. You will be suprised.
Thanks for your suggestion, I just had a quick read through sudo and sudoers. This is some stuff I found:
The time stamp issue was never a big one, and you can configure the time or disable it. I find sudo -k useful too.
I thought sudo might add security risk if the user password was compromised, but you can configure sudo to ask for the root password. However, this would defeat the purpose for those who disable root.
I also have a questions: if you want to do access control, why would you prefer sudo over simple file permissions? Or is sudo primarily used as a finer access control scheme?
Again, thanks for your advice, I really appreciate it. Please point out anything wrong with my questions. The manual was pretty long, so I'm bound to miss something.

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