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Michael: /* The Root User */

2013-09-02T10:01:18Z

The Root User

Michael: /* sudo and su */

2013-09-02T10:00:45Z

sudo and su

Michael: /* sudo and su */

2013-09-02T10:00:36Z

sudo and su

Michael: /* sudo and su */

2013-09-02T09:59:33Z

sudo and su

Michael at 09:46, 2 September 2013

2013-09-02T09:46:37Z

Michael: Created page with "== The Root User == The Root user is the all powerful user on the system. If a cracker was to take control of the root user they would have full control of the system. Most..."

2013-09-02T09:45:38Z

Created page with "== The Root User == The Root user is the all powerful user on the system. If a cracker was to take control of the root user they would have full control of the system. Most..."

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== The Root User ==

The Root user is the all powerful user on the system. If a cracker was to take control of the root user they would have full control of the system.

Most commands should be run as a regular user, as the limits on regular users can protect the system. But for certain purposes a user may need to take root privileges using the sudo, su and sg commands.

== Sudo ==

== Su ==

== Sg==

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	Most commands should be run as a regular user, as the limits on regular users can protect the system. But for certain purposes a user may need to take root privileges using the sudo, su and sg commands.		Most commands should be run as a regular user, as the limits on regular users can protect the system. But for certain purposes a user may need to take root privileges using the sudo, su and sg commands.

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		+	== Limits on Root access, su and sg ==

	== su ==		== su ==

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−	== ~~sudo and~~ su ==	+	== su ==

	A regular user with the ability to log in as root, can take root privileges temporarily using the sudo and su commands. The su command will prompt the user for the root password.		A regular user with the ability to log in as root, can take root privileges temporarily using the sudo and su commands. The su command will prompt the user for the root password.

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 <syntaxhighlight>
 su - david
 </syntaxhighlight>
 == sg==

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	== sudo and su ==		== sudo and su ==

		+	A regular user with the ability to log in as root, can take root privileges temporarily using the sudo and su commands. The su command will prompt the user for the root password.
		+
		+	<syntaxhighlight>
		+	[michael@head ~]$ su -
		+	Password:
		+	[root@head ~]#
		+	</syntaxhighlight>
		+
		+
		+	Adding a username will allow you to log in as that user as long as you have the password.
		+
		+	<syntaxhighlight>
		+	su - david
		+	</syntaxhighlight>

	== sg==		== sg==

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−	== ~~Sudo~~ ==	+	== sudo and su ==

−	~~== Su ==~~

−	== Sg==	+	== sg==