Oct 22, 2011 · 81 sudo lets you run commands in your own user account with root privileges. su lets you switch user so that you're actually logged in as root. sudo -s runs a shell with root privileges. sudo -i …

For more information, see the sudo website, or type man sudo on your system. Sudo is very configurable; for example it can be configured to let a certain user only execute certain commands as …

What is the difference between the following commands: su sudo -s sudo -i sudo bash I know for su I need to know the root password, and for sudo I have to be in the sudoers file, but once executed...

1 Good practice: a backup terminal window and run sudo su there. On another termianl run visudo or sudo vim /etc/sudoers. If anything goes wrong, go back to terminal one and fix the file. You may ask, …

In that case, use: sudo su - to execute a login shell as root after auhenticating sudo, and that shell will not need sudo to run admin commands. To return to the normal user shell, insert the command exit.

This left me wondering: How does that work? How does a program gain user-rights? Does sudo need a server (running as root as daemon or so) and connects to that server, sends it what should be …

May 26, 2014 · Why do we use sudo to perform a terminal command as an administrative? Why isn't it admin or something else? Is there a reason for sudo?

Nov 13, 2013 · sudo su - This time it is a login shell, so /etc/profile, .profile and .bashrc are executed and you will find yourself in root's home directory with root's environment. sudo -i It is nearly the same as …

Oct 2, 2017 · $ sudo apt-get install vim or $ sudo shutdown -ph now Using sudo in this way is prefered to using sudo -s and work with an interactive root shell, because the commands that you execute are …

Just add the user to the sudo group: sudo adduser <username> sudo The change will take effect the next time the user logs in. This works because /etc/sudoers is pre-configured to grant permissions to …