violet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agoHow did you choose your username?message-squaremessage-square214linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareHow did you choose your username?violet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square214linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSuperUserDO@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoSudo. It’s what sudo stands for.
minus-squarePirtatogna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·23 hours agoOr Switch User Do? You can use it run stuff as other users too, not just superuser (root).
minus-squareSuperUserDO@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 hours agoThat would be the “modern” version. At some point it changed from “Super User Do” to “Switch User Do”. Or Wikipedia is wrong. Which can happen.
minus-squarePirtatogna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 hours agoNowdays it seems to be “Substitute User Do”, following su command’s meaning. Not that this is really of any importance relating to your username :D
Sudo. It’s what sudo stands for.
Or Switch User Do? You can use it run stuff as other users too, not just superuser (root).
That would be the “modern” version. At some point it changed from “Super User Do” to “Switch User Do”.
Or Wikipedia is wrong. Which can happen.
Nowdays it seems to be “Substitute User Do”, following su command’s meaning. Not that this is really of any importance relating to your username :D