Sudo

[Chanchao]

Hello Emil,

Tuesday, June 28, 2005, 7:49:08 PM, you wrote:

>> What is this sudo business ? sudo this and sudo that.

EOB>  Nothing. It's just far better than anythine else when it comes to doing root
EOB> stuff. That's why Ubutu uses it.

I'd like to learn more about sudo and why it's better than using su or
opening a root terminal. Someone pointed at 127MB of archives of this
list, but is there something to read up on this that's a little more
accessible?

Cheers,
Chanchao