2003-01-23 10:02:37, John Cowan <cowan@...> wrote:

>"Su" is an acronym for "super-user" (most privileged user),

so "sudo" is a command to allow mere mortals to do something
as the super-user.

Someone pointed out that Unix was created by writers, or at
least those with a literary sense. Its idiosyncratic command
names seem to be a product of whimsy and fondness for word
play, as well.
(bash = Bourne again shell, less, ypcat, grep, biff, etc.)

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