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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:20(para)
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msgid "In Ubuntu, for security reasons, administrative tasks are confined to users with special privileges. Administrative access is given to individual users, who may use the <application>sudo</application> command to perform administrative tasks. The first user account you created on your system during installation will, by default, have access to sudo. You can restrict and enable sudo access to users with the <application>Users and Groups</application> application (see <xref linkend=\"users-and-groups\"/> for more information)."
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msgid "For security reasons, administrative tasks in Ubuntu can only be performed by users with special administrative privileges."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:21(para)
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msgid "Administrative access can be given to individual users, who may use the <ulink type=\"help\" url=\"man:sudo\">sudo</ulink> command to perform administrative tasks. The first user account you created on your system during installation will, by default, be able to perform administrative tasks."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:22(para)
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msgid "When you run an application that requires administrative privileges, sudo will ask you to input your user password. This ensures that rogue applications cannot damage your system, and serves as a reminder that you are about to perform administrative actions which require you to be careful! However, each time you insert the password, the system remembers it for 15 minutes so that you do not have to type it again."
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msgid "When you run an application that requires administrative privileges, you will be asked to input your user password. This ensures that rogue applications cannot damage your system, and serves as a reminder that you are about to perform administrative actions which require you to be careful!"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:23(para)
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msgid "All of the default graphical configuration tools in Ubuntu already use sudo, so they will prompt you for your password if needed."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:24(para)
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msgid "To use sudo when using the command line, simply type \"sudo\" before the command you wish to run. Sudo will then prompt you for your password."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:26(para)
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msgid "Sudo will remember your password for a set amount of time, which by default is 15 minutes, but can be changed. This feature was designed to allow users to perform multiple administrative tasks without being asked for a password each time."
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msgid "Each time you insert the password, the system remembers it for 15 minutes so that you do not have to type it again."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:25(para)
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msgid "For more information on the <application>sudo</application> program and the absence of a root user in Ubuntu, read the <ulink url=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo\">sudo page</ulink> on the Ubuntu wiki."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:28(title)
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msgid "Giving administrative access to a user"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:29(para)
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msgid "Be careful when doing administrative tasks, you might damage your system!"
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msgid "You can restrict and enable administrative (sudo) access to users with the <ulink type=\"help\" url=\"ghelp:users-admin\">Users and Groups application</ulink>:"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:32(para)
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msgid "Some other tips on using sudo:"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:36(para)
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msgid "To use a \"root\" terminal, type \"sudo -i\" at the command line."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:40(para)
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msgid "All of the default graphical configuration tools in Ubuntu already use sudo, so they will prompt you for your password if needed."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:44(para)
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msgid "For more information on the <application>sudo</application> program and the absence of a root user in Ubuntu, read the <ulink url=\"https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo\">sudo page</ulink> on the Ubuntu wiki."
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msgid "Press <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Users and Groups</guimenuitem></menuchoice>"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:35(para)
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msgid "Select the user who is to be given administrative access and press <guibutton>Properties</guibutton>"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:38(para)
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msgid "Select the <guilabel>User Privileges</guilabel> tab"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:41(para)
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msgid "Check the box next to <guilabel>Administer the system</guilabel> and press <guibutton>OK</guibutton>"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:47(title)
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msgid "Using sudo at the command line"
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:48(para)
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msgid "To use sudo whilst using the command line (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), simply type <userinput>sudo</userinput> before the command you wish to run. Sudo will then prompt you for your password."
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msgid "Sudo will remember your password for a set amount of time, which by default is 15 minutes, but can be changed. This feature was designed to allow users to perform multiple administrative tasks without being asked for a password each time."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:50(para)
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msgid "To use a <emphasis>root</emphasis> terminal, type <command>sudo -i</command> at the command line."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:51(para)
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msgid "To show a graphical password prompt, type <command>gksudo</command> at the command line, followed by the command you wish to run."
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#: administrative/C/administrative.xml:53(para)
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msgid "Be careful when using sudo; you might damage your system if you type the wrong command! As a general rule, only use sudo when absolutely necessary."
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