I posted this poll because I was curious how many people know what `sudo` actually does.
It seems many think it is distinctly different than `su`.
`sudo` and `su` are effectively the same tool. They are both setuid binaries that allow you to change your effective uid from whatever it is now, to something else.
Using either tool, you can switch to another user, and that other user may also be root.
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2024-08-13 16:19:09
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