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".... -- Eugene http://www.coxar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/