[X-Unix] pronouncing "sudo"

Eugene list-themacintoshguy at fsck.net
Wed Jun 1 17:23:32 PDT 2005


On Wed, Jun 01, 2005 at 08:30:28AM CDT, Larry Helms <lhelms at sonic.net> wrote:
: 
: >From the Utilities home... Intro page:  http://www.sudo.ws/sudo/intro.html
: 
: Sudo (superuser do) allows a system administrator to give certain users (or
: groups of users) the ability to run some (or all) commands as root while
: logging all commands and arguments. Sudo operates on a per-command basis, it
: is not a replacement for the shell. It's features include...
: 
: Using the logic above (superuser do) - it would be 'soo doo' - you wouldn't
: say 'soop er uu zer doe' would you?  So why would you say 'soo doe'?  And
: technically... You're not pretending... You really are executing the command
: as the super user at the time of execution.

Well, at first glance, "sudo" rhymes with "kudo" and "judo" and
"menudo"....


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Eugene
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