Oct 22, 2011 · 81 sudo lets you run commands in your own user account with root privileges. su lets you switch user so that you're actually logged in as root. sudo -s runs a shell with root …

Jul 6, 2011 · The two aren't really inconsistent - the sudo command always changes user, either to root, or to the user you specify with the -u switch. All the -s does is provide a shortcut for …

Observed on Debian Wheezy with htop: 'sudo su -' has a child of 'su -', and 'su -' has a child of '-su'. As mentioned above, root user can do 'su -' without entering password, so doing 'su -' …

Now, enter sudo. sudo works on a different principle. Instead of requiring users to know the root account login, sudo would be used to allow users to escalate themselves into the root account …

May 26, 2014 · Why do we use sudo to perform a terminal command as an administrative? Why isn't it admin or something else? Is there a reason for sudo?

$ sudo -i [sudo] password for myuseraccount: # here you type the user's password # A lot of people that have Unix background or experience with other distributions stumble on this issue …

If you do not want to give the user account full root access, you need to edit the /etc/sudoer file with visudo (it makes sure that you do not have any syntax errors in the file and lose sudo …

337 sudo usermod -aG sudo <username> The a is very important. Without it they'll be removed from all other groups. You will need to either restart your shell/terminal or log out and back in …

What does the sudo -i command do and in which situations would it be used. read it using the man sudo command but i'm looking for a more diluted discription to help me understand better.

Apr 11, 2013 · 0 sudo is a command that give you root privilege. But sh is an interpreter. When you use sudo command, you running the command as root privilege. But when you use sudo …