[herbsman]

Is it possible to run a sudo command in terminal as an admin/different account when a standard account is the one logged in?

I tried doing a su <user> but then I get a # prompt. I hope I'm making sense, and I'm still learning unix! If anyone can help I'd appreciate it! Thanks

[turtle777]

sudo in Standard User [Archive] - The macosxhints Forums

-t

[P]

Since the thread turtle linked is a bit long, it boils down to this:

You can't sudo from a user account, and you're not supposed to be able to. You can use su as you're trying, but then the syntax is

su - username

Alternatively, use fast user switching and switch to an admin user to do your dirty work. That's what I do.

[OreoCookie]

Yes, I do it frequently:

Code:
su admin
Password: *******
sudo -s
Password: *******

If the short name of the user who is the admin is not admin, you need to change it accordingly. sudo -s will give you a root shell so that you don't have to write sudo this and sudo that all the time. The second password is identical to the first, by the way.

Please use your powers responsibly

[herbsman]

Thanks all!

[mduell]

Originally Posted by herbsman 

Is it possible to run a sudo command in terminal as an admin/different account when a standard account is the one logged in?

I tried doing a su <user> but then I get a # prompt. I hope I'm making sense, and I'm still learning unix! If anyone can help I'd appreciate it! Thanks

You were already there. The # prompt has the credentials of whoever you just su'd to.