Once a user has been added to the admin group, they can use sudo to run commands that require admin privileges. Sudo has made Linux more secure and user-friendly.

On Linux, if you need to run a single command as an administrator, you can just put sudo at the beginning and run it—you're asked for an administrator password and the process runs. Now, Windows ...

Exploring /run on Linux. by Sandra Henry Stocker. Unix Dweeb. Exploring /run on Linux. ... Linux systems administrator, security engineer and Linux journalist for most of her 30-year career.