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
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