I'm Beaten

Willis gods-servant at sbcglobal.net
Sun Dec 9 06:16:25 UTC 2007


Chris wrote:
> 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)
>
>
>   
I typed sudo /usr/apps/local/esword4ubuntu/runesord and recieved 
"command not found."  Going to root account to try it next.




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