I understand what su – does logs you into root with the root environment (as opposed to su which logs you into root with your environment) And I understand what sudo does you are root for one command But I am unsure what this does: sudo su – Anyone care to clarify Answer In addition … Read more
Where did the term “superuser” originate? Is it a shortening of “supervisory user”, or is it just an indicator of the level of power one such user holds in a system? Answer Where did the term “superuser” originate? su allows one to become the super–user, who has all sorts of marvelous powers. From the First … Read more
I’m quite new to Linux terminal and I’m not quite sure what the difference between su with a hyphen and su without a hyphen is, for example: su – username vs. su username. I looked into the documentation but in there, this was not mentioned. Could someone please help me out? Answer The difference between … Read more
