9 Oct
2010
9 Oct
'10
8:23 p.m.
On 9 October 2010 18:30, Bev Nicolson lumos60@gmail.com wrote:
Thanks Brett but I have what may be a silly question. How do log in as root to do this? (Or at least, once I've typed in sudo su then what would I do?) Bev.
Hi Bev,
Just in case you're not sure on this: If you execute a command as yourself but using 'sudo' before it, it means you are being given root privilege to execute said command. It avoids the need to log in to a shell as root.
Typing 'sudo su' is akin to saying 'Let me switch to being root - look,I have root privilege to allow me to do this'. Because executing a command using sudo allows you to execute a command without having to log in as root, you won't need to do this.
Hope I've put that sensibly.
Jenny