How does sudo handle different configuration file formats (beyond the standard sudoers file)?

Re: Why "SUDO" - what does it mean? ... redhawk wrote: Sudo is the like running applications with elevated administrator rights in Windows XP, Vista, 7 because ... Dec 10, 2017 ... sudo command is not working. Tried all the options available online, still getting this error-. "sudo: effective uid is not 0, is sudo installed ... Mar 19, 2021 ... The command who lists the currently logged in user. The command whoami show the current user. Since you are the root user via sudo, sudo whoami will list root. Apr 26, 2012 ... sudo allows users to run programs with the security privileges of another user (normally the superuser, or root). bash starts a new bash shell. /etc/sudoers Configuration file which lists which user may execute what. This is the primary configuration file for sudo. See “man sudoers” for detailed ... Feb 21, 2025 ... Sudo (sometimes considered as short for Super-user do) is a program designed to let system administrators allow some users to execute some commands as root (or ... Apr 23, 2022 ... The sudoers file is a file Linux and Unix administrators use to allocate system rights to system users. This allows the administrator to control ... Jun 6, 2013 ... You don't need sudo, as you are already logged in as root. Regarding the apt-get - Angstrom in an embedded linux distribution and apt-get isn't implemented ... Oct 17, 2022 ... I am supposed to set a password by typing passwd in Konsole. I do this and it asks for the previously set password. Aug 8, 2023 ... Using sudo to assign administrator privileges. Add users to the /etc/sudoers configuration file to allow them to use the sudo command. For these ...