sudo: what is the point?

[Vram]

On Sat, 2004-11-27 at 08:27 +0200, Duncan Anderson wrote:
> Excuse me for being obtuse, perhaps, but what is the point of the "sudo" 
> command when "su" exists?
> 
> cheers
> Duncan
> 


Sudo was intended as a way to give junior admins limited privileges to
perform admin tasks...

Su is for admins to  switch to root or other users to perform tasks from
regular user.



HTH 

Vram