Yes, I hate sudo's unwieldiness too. The very first thing I do after installing one of those distros that default to no-root-login (Ubuntu, Mint, etc) is to give root a password.
The downside is that I allow "root SSH", contrarily to every single best practice out there.
Why can't you log in via SSH as a 'normal' user, and then "su -" to become root? I use that method, and it obviates both the use of sudo and the allowance of "root SSH".
Yes, I hate sudo's unwieldiness too. The very first thing I do after installing one of those distros that default to no-root-login (Ubuntu, Mint, etc) is to give root a password.
The downside is that I allow "root SSH", contrarily to every single best practice out there.
Why can't you log in via SSH as a 'normal' user, and then "su -" to become root? I use that method, and it obviates both the use of sudo and the allowance of "root SSH".