On Aug 15, 2005, at 5:45 AM, Byron A Jeff wrote:

> sudo is a command that facilitates executing a single command as root.
>
Yes.  Sorry.  "sudo <command>" around here is shorthand for
"execute <command> as the superuser", as well as a command that
does that (IFF the proper administrative framework has been set
up.)  You could log in as root, or use the traditional su command
as alternative methods.  ("sudo" is convenient in a multi-user
scenario, since you can revoke one user's privs without having to
change the actual root password...  Also, sudo works on MacOS even
if the root account has not been set up.)

BillW

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