nixCraft 🐧Dec 31, 2022
#Linux users when they can't sudo https://twitter.com/_ravimo/status/1608865501673054210/photo/1
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@nixCraft Can you elaborate how sudoers file is modified without sudo?
Dec 31, 2022 at 9:55amWeb
Show threadMynacolDec 31, 2022

@samurro @nixCraft The third picture uses `su`, which allows to change the current user, if permitted e.g. by password. The default user su switches to is root. The option -c directly executes the provided command without starting the default shell of the target user (or inside of the shell, idk).

su can be seen as an acronym for "substitute user" and sudo as "substitute user (and) do..."