I'm Beaten

[Chris]

On Sun, 9 Dec 2007 16:47:45 +1100
musicman <datakid at gmail.com> wrote:

> sudo is a command that means "do as s(uper)u(ser).
> 
> sudoers is a file in /etc (/etc/sudoers )
> 
> which lists which users are allowed to user "sudo"
> 
> when you type
> 
> sudo command
> 
> then the command is run as root. It will ask you for a password, and
> that will be your _user_ login password, not the root/admin's
> password.
> 
> cheers
> L.

Can also be set not to require/use a password (as the examples show
in man sudoers)


-- 
Best regards,
Chris

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