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I do believe there's some difference between "sudo gainroot" and just "root". but cannot figure out, anyone knows?
 

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Did you try cat /usr/bin/root ?
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what does cat /usr/bin/root mean?
 
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It shows the content of the file /usr/bin/root, which is the file executed when you run the command "root".
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Originally Posted by Dave999 View Post
yeah, the spelling
not only spelling, but also .... i don't know...
 
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It shows the content of the file /usr/bin/root, which is the file executed when you run the command "root".
how about "ls -l" also shows content
 
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They are different: ls shows files in a directory, cat shows the contents of a file
 
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It shows that the root command indeed runs sudo gainroot with a few switches.
 
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What is difference between:
"sudo gainroot"
and
"exec sudo gainroot --use-su" ?

I ask this because when I used root command I had some problem, so I changed root file with simpler command "sudo gainroot".
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I would like to know the difference as well
 
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