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You can restrict and enable administrative access (sudo) to users with the <ulink type="help" url="ghelp:users-admin">Users and Groups application</ulink>:
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Click <menuchoice><guimenu>System</guimenu><guimenuitem>Administration</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Users and Groups</guimenuitem></menuchoice>
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Select the user who is to be given administrative access and press <guibutton>Advanced Settings</guibutton>
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If prompted, type your password and click <guibutton>Authenticate</guibutton>
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:33(para)
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When working with terminals (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>Terminal</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), any command can be run as an administrator by typing <command>sudo</command> before it.
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Located in
administrative/C/administrative.xml:46(para)
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Sudo will remember your password for a set amount of time; by default this is 15 minutes, but can be changed. This feature was designed to allow users to perform multiple administrative tasks without being asked for a password each time.
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Located in
administrative/C/administrative.xml:47(para)
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If the program you wish to run as an administrator is graphical, such as the Gnome text editor (<menuchoice><guimenu>Applications</guimenu><guimenuitem>Accessories</guimenuitem><guimenuitem>gedit Text Editor</guimenuitem></menuchoice>), you should use the command <command>gksudo</command> followed by the command you wish to run.
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Located in
administrative/C/administrative.xml:48(para)
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When you use sudo from a terminal, be sure to close it when you have finished!
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:51(para)
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For more information on the <application>sudo</application> program see the <ulink url="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo">sudo page</ulink> on the Ubuntu wiki.
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administrative/C/administrative.xml:53(para)
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