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The sudo Terminal command can be used by administrators to execute commands as a different user (for example, as root). When executing this command, you will be prompted to enter the password for the administrator account you are currently logged in as.
Many other Unixes, and Linux, use sudo. The configuration of sudo is by the /etc/sudoers file. I'm sure that there are more poorly written man pages, but man sudoers is among my all time favorites for obfuscation and poor explanation. The creation of the file and the actual use of sudo isn't all that bad though. First a little background.