Sudo uses the password of your current user. Su uses the password of the user you are switching to.
With either if you don't specify which user to switch to default to root. The timeout for Sudo is configurable. The -i sudo option gives an interactive shell which doesn't timeout. The passwd command changes the password for the current user if none is specified. It requires the current password to change it unless the current effective user is the root user and then the current password is not required. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
