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Re: Using SUDO to edit /etc/hosts
From: jollyroger@pobox.com (Jolly Roger)
"Steve W. Jackson" <stevewjackson@knology.net> wrote:
in the Terminal environment,
you could use the "su" command to take on the identity of the admin
account, which would in turn already be in that sudoers file mentioned
in the message. While doing so, you could edit that file successfully.
When complete, you'd need to exit from the shell started by "su" back
into your own identity. Try "People Pictures">man su" for more details.
This is the best advice yet. You simply:
su adminaccount
sudo blah blah blah
Simple.
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