sudo

Purpose

Changes the shell to another user.

sudo [USER] [PASS] (JUMPPATH)

Arguments

• USER — specify the user you want to login to
• PASSWORD — specify the password of the user
• (JUMPPATH) — specify the path to a jumpfile

Examples

Without jumpfile

sudo root root_password

Result:
Logs into the root user on the host machine

With jumpfile

sudo root root_password /home/guest/jumpfile

Result:
Logs into the root user on a remote machine using the jumpfile