Re: sudo doesn't work, I'm not in sudoers file, but I am.

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• Subject: Re: sudo doesn't work, I'm not in sudoers file, but I am.
• From: Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:57:36 +1030
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Tim:
>> That's what "su" is for, surely?  "su" to become root, "sudo" to
>> pretend to be root.

Craig White:
> I don't know, I su to other users (not root) sometimes.

Well, I was being lazy.  "su" to *become* another user - root, in *that*
conversation.

-- 
[tim@bigblack ~]$ uname -ipr
2.6.23.12-52.fc7 i686 i386

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