Configuring administrator access with sudo
By now, we've already used sudo quite a few times in this book. At this point, you should already be aware of the fact that sudo allows you to execute commands as if you were logged in as root. However, we haven't had any formal discussion about it, yet nor have we discussed how to actually modify which of your user accounts are able to utilize sudo.
On all Linux systems, you should protect your root account with a strong password and limit it to be used by as few people as possible. Using sudo is an alternative to using root, so you can give your administrators access to perform root tasks with sudo without actually giving them your root password. In fact, sudo allows you to be a bit more granular. Using ...
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