Linux Essentials – sudo

When you need to run Linux commands with elevated privileges, sudo is the tried and true method to run commands as another user (such as root). In this introductory tutorial, we’ll take a look at some of the inner-workings of sudo.

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## Individual sections:
00:00 – Intro
02:44 – sudo overview
04:12 – Notes about installing sudo
05:01 – The sudo group
07:52 – Listing sudo privileges
09:00 – What to do when you forget to use sudo
10:22 – The /etc/sudoers file
14:57 – Editing the /etc/sudoers file with visudo
17:43 – Restricting sudo to specific commands
20:23 – sudo without a password
22:32 – Undoing errors while using visudo

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