Eventually, it was decided something had to give. Out of that need, sudo was born. Sudo stands for "superuser do" and effectively allows a regular user (one that belongs to the admin group ...

The sudo command stands for “superuser do” and is one of the most important commands to know in Unix and Linux-based operating systems. (See the most important Linux commands for beginners.) ...

Ubuntu 25.10 fitted with Rust-written admin tool by default for memory safety's sake Canonical's Ubuntu 25.10 is set to make sudo-rs, a Rust-based rework of the classic sudo utility, the default – ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Windows 11 will soon have a built-in sudo command designed for ...

It's particularly frustrating because most Linux distributions fixed this a long time ago: the sudo command. Basically, on Linux, if you need to run a single command as an administrator you can ...

Update: As it turns out, Microsoft isn't planning on bringing the power of sudo to Windows Server 2025 and, instead, plans on adding it to an upcoming consumer release of Windows 11. According to ...

If you frequent Terminal, you’ll be glad to know you can also authenticate as administrator with Touch ID for all the sudo goodness with one tap. The ability to use Touch ID for sudo has been ...