>>> I'm searching for a way to have root privileges momentarily >>> like on ubuntu with the sudo <user> <command> >>> I tried su - <command> and su -l root <command> on my CentOS server but >>> it doesn't work >>> how should I do ? >>> sorry for the disturbance I'm new in RH Linux distro >> Sounds like you have your solution... Install sudo and configure it so >> that particular users can use sudo to temporarily gain root >> privileges. You may even be able to copy your /etc/sudoers from >> Ubuntu directly to CentOS. > there's no way to use su without installing new packages ? su -c