[ILUG-D] 1D1C - sudo

sudo - allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user

To run command as a root user $ sudo <command> $ sudo pwd

To run command as a different user $ sudo -u user3 <command> $ sudo -u user3 pwd

To List user privileges with sudo $ sudo -l

To Display privileges for another user with sudo $ sudo -l -U user3

To add a user to the sudo group $ sudo usermod -aG sudo user3

To add users to the sudoers file $ sudo visudo

To run command in the background $ sudo -b <command>

To update sudoers files $ sudo -e <file>

To update the user’s cached credentials $ sudo -v

To invalidate user’s cached credentials $ sudo -k

regards, T.Dhanasekar