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Sudo is the linux command that allows users to perform su commands.

Sudoers list

Only registered users in /etc/sudoers can sudo.

Here's a sample snippet from a sudoers file:

# User privilege specification
root    ALL=(ALL) ALL
guillaume       ALL = NOPASSWD : ALL

Examples

> sudo cat /etc/fstab

shows the permanently mounted partitions.

External References

• Wikipedia sudo
• sudoers