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What is different between root and sudo?

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Mar 15, 202636472 views
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A root user can have all the privileges. But a normal user can gain access like a root with su or sudo command and their own password. So what's the difference?

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The (and sudo) command traditionally require root's password. However, you can setup so that ordinary users can achieve root privileges with their own password by modifying (as root, preferably with ). Modern Linux distributions preconfigure the fir…

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