Sudo
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Revision as of 09:25, 13 September 2004
sudo allows a user to run a program or perform a task without having to login as root directly or even knowing the root password. sudo works by authenticating the user (with the user's password) against the /etc/sudoers file that gives specific rights to run sudo. Note that you have to use visudo to edit /etc/sudoers, and that you have to do it as root; you can't do it any other way.
