ssh and sudo

[Arnaud G]

On Tue, 2010-11-16 at 19:45 -0800, Arnaud G wrote:


> 
> OK. I can create my own account on their machine. My question is: If I
> need to configure/install something with sudo on "b" for "B" and I use
> my own account to do it, would the configuration/install be available
> for "B" 's account? If so you solved my problem,

From: Smoot Carl-Mitchell <smoot at tic.com>
To: "Ubuntu user technical support, not for general discussions" 
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Wed, November 17, 2010 12:08:34 AM
Subject: Re: ssh and sudo

> If your user account has sudo privileges, you can just do:
>
> sudo -i -u <user> <command>
>
> This runs the <command> as <user> with all of <user>'s login
> environment.
>
> -- 
> Smoot Carl-Mitchell
> System/Network Architect
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> cell: +1 602 421-9005
> smoot at tic.com

That is exactly what I want to do, thank you.

A
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