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 …

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?

Jul 6, 2011 · The two aren't really inconsistent - the sudo command always changes user, either to root, or to the user you specify with the -u switch. All the -s does is provide a shortcut for starting a shell …

Observed on Debian Wheezy with htop: 'sudo su -' has a child of 'su -', and 'su -' has a child of '-su'. As mentioned above, root user can do 'su -' without entering password, so doing 'su -' inside of a root …

A root user can have all the privileges. But a normal user can gain access like a root with su or sudo command and their own password. So what's the difference?

Now, enter sudo. sudo works on a different principle. Instead of requiring users to know the root account login, sudo would be used to allow users to escalate themselves into the root account (or any other …

Furthermore there is enough documentation on a linux distribution. Learn how to use commands like info and man. If you have them installed man COMMAND will give you information on what the command …

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 …

Apr 11, 2013 · 0 sudo is a command that give you root privilege. But sh is an interpreter. When you use sudo command, you running the command as root privilege. But when you use sudo sh command, …

$ sudo -i [sudo] password for myuseraccount: # here you type the user's password # A lot of people that have Unix background or experience with other distributions stumble on this issue quite often. The …