What are the differences between "su", "sudo -s", "sudo -i", "sudo …
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 …
linux - What does "sudo -s" actually do? - Super User
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 …
What are some of the basic sudo commands? - Ask Ubuntu
sudo (superuser do) is a great tool for restricting access to the root account (or other accounts). In normal use, it is setup so that people in the wheel group can run commands as root if they …
sudo - How do I login as root? - Ask Ubuntu
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 …
sudo - Sudoers file, enable NOPASSWD for user, all commands
Aug 19, 2013 · It seems is a good practice to create the wheel group for non-password sudo authentication instead of altering sudo group itself. sudo groupadd wheel then in file …
sudo - How can I add a user as a new sudoer using the command …
If you do not want to give the user account full root access, you need to edit the /etc/sudoer file with visudo (it makes sure that you do not have any syntax errors in the file and lose sudo …
unix - Command: sudo su - - Super User
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 -' …
What's exactly the point of the sudo command, in terms of security?
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 …
wsl2 - How to reset my WSL Ubuntu password? - Super User
Feb 9, 2024 · I forgot my WSL Ubuntu password, needed to run sudo command. After running the folowing command lead@kernel:~$ sudo su I got this Sorry, try again Any alternatives?
sudo - How to come out of root user? - Ask Ubuntu
Jun 30, 2014 · Now I have come out or log out or disable root access. For that I tried sudo passwd -dl root. Then it shows the message: passwd: password expiry information changed. But I still …