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• The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone elses privileges (usually root) without asking for this other account's password (unlike su`).

• sudo is asking here for your password just to make sure a passer by won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

• Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting an initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root.

• While root is still an account under Linux, direct root logins are disabled by default for a better security and traceability.

• The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone else's privileges (usually root) without asking for this other account's password (unlike su).

• sudo is asking here for your password just to make sure a passer-by won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

• Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting an initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root.

• While root is still an account under Linux, direct root logins are disabled by default for a better security and traceability.

• The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone's else privileges (usually root) without asking for this other account's password (unlike su).

• sudo is asking here for your password just to make sure a passerby won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

• Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting an initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root.

• While root is still an account under Linux, direct root logins are disabled by default for a better security and traceability.

• The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone elses privileges (usually root) without asking for this other account's password (unlike su`).

• sudo is asking here for your password just to make sure a passer by won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

• Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting an initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root.

• While root is still an account under Linux, direct root logins are disabled by default for a better security and traceability.

The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone's else privileges (usually root) without asking this other account's password (unlike su).

sudo is asking here for your password to make sure a passerby won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting the initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root, which is still an account under Linux. Direct root logins are by default disabled for a better security and traceability.

• The whole point of sudo is to grant you someone's else privileges (usually root) without asking for this other account's password (unlike su).

• sudo is asking here for your password just to make sure a passerby won't misuse your unlocked terminal.

• Ubuntu and many other Linux and Unix OSes are granting an initial account created at installation time the right to run any commands as root.

• While root is still an account under Linux, direct root logins are disabled by default for a better security and traceability.