sudo (was Re: Ubuntu user's report)

[Tim Wunder]

On Saturday 29 January 2005 12:24 pm, someone claiming to be Rick Bowers 
wrote:
> Umm, "A. Khattri" <ajai at bway.net> ,
>
> This response does not help me. I stated I've never used sudo before, so
> perhaps an explanation on how to use the command, or a pointer to some
> documentation would have been more useful.
>
> I realize many people who participate in these lists are far more
> knowledgeable than others. The point of these lists is to help people, not
> scoff at them.
>
> Thanks, anyway.  ;-|
>
<snip>

man sudo
man sudoers
man visudo

sudo is not su...
sudo allows those in the /etc/sudoers file the ability to execute certain 
programs as root, without being root, or needing root's password. Some 
commands can be configured to require the users password, and some not. It's 
extremely configurable...

HTH, 
Tim

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