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``sudo'' is a command commonly found in unix-like operating systems. It allows a normal user (without elevated rights on the system) to execute privileged commands. For example ``sudo make install'' execute the ``make install'' with administrator rights, so to say, so that a program install may take place.

``sudo make me a sandwich'' comes from the **excellent** xkcd site (http:%%//%%xkcd.com/149/). One character asks the other to make him a sandwich, a request ignored at first. The character then asks again, but using the ``sudo'' command to get elevated privileges in asking for a sandwich, which seems to work.

===== See also =====

  * [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/26/business/media/26link.html?_r=1&oref=slogin|This Is Funny Only if You Know Unix]] - New York Times, 26 May 2008

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