SUDO

[Matias Nicolas]

I know that sudo is for running commands with root privileges but this idea is about typing "sudo su -" and use one's password and not root's.

 

That's all...
 
> Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:14:41 -0500
> From: m.roth2006 at rcn.com
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: Re: SUDO
> 
> Hike wrote:
> > If you have the root password, try the following.
> > 
> > $ su - root
> > 
> > When prompted, enter the root password.
> > 
> > sudo is to permit regular users to run priviledged commands. What you
> > are trying td is overly complex and redundant.
> > 
> Not necessarily. A lot of places want more security, and locking down root.
> 
> mark
> 
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