What is group sudo?
The Ubuntu default /etc/sudoers configuration has two groups to allow sudo access. Members of these groups are allowed sudo access without requiring an edit to /etc/sudoers or the addition of a configuration file to /etc/sudoers.
What is the purpose of the sudo group in Linux?
Sudo stands for either “substitute user do” or “super user do” and it allows you to elevate your current user account to have root privileges temporarily. This is different from “su” which is not temporary.
What is the name of the administrative group which can use the sudo command?
admin Unix group
Up until Ubuntu 11.10, administrator access using the sudo tool was granted via the admin Unix group.
Do you have to be part of sudo group to use sudo?
Bear in mind that the sudo option can only be used by users who belong to the sudoers group. For a user to execute a command that requires the sudo prefix, it has to be part of the sudoers group. To add a user to the sudoers group, run the following command (as root or an account that already has sudo privileges):
What’s the difference between Sudo and su commands?
Differences Between su and sudo. They are indeed quite similar in some aspects, the ‘su’ command is basically equivalent to ‘sudo -i’, while the ‘sudo’ command is basically equivalent to ‘su -c’. A major key difference is who gets the root password. If a user wishes to su to root then they require the password of the root account.
Can a non root user use a sudo command?
By default a non root user could use sudo privileges to change the root password, however the /etc/sudoers file can be used to only grant root access to specific commands that the user needs to run as root rather than being able to run anything as root.
Which is the default sudo command in Linux?
The sudo command has existed for a long time, but Ubuntu was the first popular Linux distribution to go sudo-only by default. When you install Ubuntu, the standard root account is created, but no password is assigned to it.