https://kmh.prasil.info RSS feed for tag capsh Zola en Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Tue, 19 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000 https://kmh.prasil.info/posts/sudo-just-a-bit/ https://kmh.prasil.info/posts/sudo-just-a-bit/ <p>The <a href="https://www.sudo.ws/docs/man/sudo.man/">man page</a> says that <em>sudo allows a permitted user to execute a command as the superuser or another user, as specified by the security policy</em>. However most of the sudo use that I've seen/done is really a privilege escalation with switched user being just a consequence of that. Even the <a href="https://xkcd.com/149/">famous XKCD 🥪</a> webcomic shows sudo being used in this way. Most of the time this small difference does not really matter, but sometimes it's really inconvenient.</p> <p>This is mostly a note I've written for my self so that I can quickly recall how to <code>sudo</code> when I really only want to <code>do</code> something without the <a href="https://www.mankier.com/1/su"><code>su</code> part</a>. Let's have a look at another less popular but sometimes quite a bit more appropriate option.</p>