Back in the early days of Linux, things were exponentially more complicated. The distributions were far less mature and required a particular system account to get things done. That account was root - ...

为避免直接使用root账号带来的风险，同时让普通用户能执行必要的管理员操作（如安装软件、修改配置），sudo命令应运而生。sudo（全称为“superuser do”）的核心功能是“让普通用户在授权范围内，临时以root或其他用户身份执行命令”，是Linux系统中保障安全与灵活性的关键工具。