su, su -, sudo

[Gayal]

Now that make sense :)

On 8/29/06, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Gayal asked:
> >>>  Wuts the different between su, su - root and sudo ?
>
>
> Jafar concisely answered:
> >>  su will let you run a shell with substitute user without
> >> making the shell a login shell.
> >>  su - will let you run a shell with substitute user and make the shell
> >> a login shell. If you put no username, it assumes as root (same as su)
>
> Minor elaboration:   "su - root" is the same as "su -".  While the
> omission or inclusion of the username is the same in "su" as "su -", the
> response could have been interpreted as "su -" = "su".
>
> >>  sudo will let you run certain or all commands as if you are
> >> root, depending on the settings on visudo file.
>
>
> Gayal replied:
> > Ur answere is too complex :)
> > can u be more simple :D
>
> How about this then, five characters:  - r o t d
>
> ;-p
>
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