I need to run a command with administrative privileges. Someone said I should run a command as root. How do I do this?

Oct 22, 2011 · 81 sudo lets you run commands in your own user account with root privileges. su lets you switch user so that you're actually logged in as root. sudo -s runs a shell with root …

10 sudo (superuser do) is a great tool for restricting access to the root account (or other accounts). In normal use, it is setup so that people in the wheel group can run commands as …

Nov 13, 2013 · sudo su - This time it is a login shell, so /etc/profile, .profile and .bashrc are executed and you will find yourself in root's home directory with root's environment. sudo -i It is …

Mar 31, 2017 · What happens if you run apt-cache policy sudo ? Not all Linux distros install sudo by default (Debian, for instance, will install sudo if and only if you don't specify a root password …

Jul 3, 2012 · 297 On one particular machine I often need to run sudo commands every now and then. I am fine with entering password on sudo in most of the cases. However there are three …

Jan 2, 2015 · sudo -u www-data bash -i -c "env" Notice the -i flag, telling bash to run interactively. This command will execute an interactive bash shell for user www-data, within which shell (as …

Dec 28, 2016 · 47 If you do not have sudo installed, you will need to actually become root. Use su - and provide the root user's password (not your password) when asked. Once you have …

Nov 2, 2010 · 32 If it's owned by root you can do this sudo chown <your username>:<your usergroup> -R <path to>/.blabla Since ./blabla owned by root you need to gain root privileges …

Jun 6, 2012 · NOTE: I want to execute sudo command without authenticating via password; only when they are executed via terminal. I don't want to remove this extra layer of security from …