From c21f4de00e9610976f5b93d5e4b69079abc8b48b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "hemanth.hm" Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:42:56 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Adding docs for 'sudo' --- pages/common/sudo.md | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) create mode 100644 pages/common/sudo.md diff --git a/pages/common/sudo.md b/pages/common/sudo.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7d1138ed94 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/sudo.md @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +# sudo + +> execute a command as another user + +- Listing of an unreadable directory: + +`sudo ls /usr/local/scrt` + +- To list the home directory of non-root user + +`sudo -u Jhon ls ~Jhon` + +- To edit a file as user www: + +`sudo -u www vi /var/www/index.html` + +- To shutdown the machine: + +`sudo shutdown -r +10 "Cya soon!"` + +- To repeat the last command as sudo + +`sudo !!`