violet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 14 days agoHow did you choose your username?message-squaremessage-square212linkfedilinkarrow-up192arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareHow did you choose your username?violet08@lemmy.today to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 14 days agomessage-square212linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSuperUserDO@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·14 days agoSudo. It’s what sudo stands for.
minus-squarePirtatogna@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 days agoOr Switch User Do? You can use it run stuff as other users too, not just superuser (root).
minus-squareSuperUserDO@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 days 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-up1·9 days 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