So why do we need sudo if we have su?
Well, su is very basic. You can 'Switch Users' (su). That's basically all there is to it. You can switch users, and invoke a shell. You can switch users and execute a command. You can pass some arguments to maybe inherit the environment or set $HOME appropriately. But thats basically it for su(1).
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2024-08-13 16:21:40
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