What is SUDO
1.
SUDO : Substitute & Do
2.
SUDO is a program in Unix/Linux which
allows you to run the commands with the other users’ privileges according to a
pre configuration in sudoers file .
3.
By default sudo substitutes root (Super
user) and executes the commands followed by it.
4.
It refers /etc/sudoers file (Explained below) for sudo command execution to enforce the security.
SUDO setup
1.
/etc/sudoers file is the configuration file
which sudo program reffers each time when it’s called.
2.
In order to have the sudo commands working
the same should have been updated in the sudoers file correctly.
3.
For making our SAP files working there were
few entries made in the sudoers file.
4.
This entry was made by the Linux/Unix team
based on our inputs.
