The many faces of sudo

by frank · November 12, 2015

To use the command line as root with you user password if you are in sudoer

$> sudo bash
$>

To switch to user root, r

$> su
$>

To run a single command as your current user but with root priviledges

$> sudo

Bonus: To change root's password without knowing it

$> sudo passwd root

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