SURVEY OF OPERATING SYSTEMS
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ISBN: 9781260096002
Author: Holcombe
Publisher: RENT MCG
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Chapter 8, Problem 12MCQ
What command can you use at the CLI to temporarily borrow the privileges of the most powerful account in a Linux system?
- a. sudo
- b. root
- c. rm
- d. switch users
- e. chmod
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