Goood John,
But you please also clarify what does sudo means;
if it expects my own password then why not i can execute these command without giving "sudo" as prefix.
If i am a genuine sudoer then can i edit files on which only root has execution rights.
Regards,
Vijay Shanker Dubey
Ph: +91-9818311884
On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 10:59 AM, John R Pierce
<pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:
vijay shanker wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Thanks
>
> What i am trying to achieve is; when executing
>
> # sudo make install
> Password:*********
>
> this password entered is root password.
sudo expeccts your USER password, not the root password. the whole
idea is the admin doesn't ened to give out the root password to give
controlled admin privs to a user.