On Fri, Apr 26, 2013 at 06:50:50AM +0000, JohnSwenson wrote: |Chunkywizard wrote: |> A really basic question (which I'll add to the FAQ). When ever you do an |> update you write 'sudo ...'. I'm guessing this is a command line |> instruction you need to run on the Wandboard to update it. : |sudo stands for set user do, it implements an su, then runs the one |command, then goes back to the original user. If the user is added to a |special group you don't need a password to run a sudo. This is the way |CSOS is setup, the "fedora" user can run sudo without a password. | |So pretty much anything which requires modifying system files needs to |be run with sudo.
you can also get an interactive shell with 'sudo -i' if you like, which is effectively the same as 'su -' -- Malcolm Herbert [email protected]
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