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The limited rights mean that a standard user cannot even see (read) some files, cannot execute some commands, and cannot edit (write to) some files. For full access to files, the <code>sudo</code> instruction gives you (just for the command that follows) the same read/write/execute access that the system root user has. | The limited rights mean that a standard user cannot even see (read) some files, cannot execute some commands, and cannot edit (write to) some files. For full access to files, the <code>sudo</code> instruction gives you (just for the command that follows) the same read/write/execute access that the system root user has. | ||
For software packages, the command to be used is <code>apt</code | For software packages, the command to be used is <code>apt</code> to invoke the package manager, followed by an "action" and then optionally by the "package name". In that context the default user's limited rights allow use of actions that just read (such as '''search''', ''show''). However, for any action involving writing (such as '''install''', ''full-upgrade'', '''update''', ''autoremove''), the package manager needs additional rights, and we prefix the "apt" with '''sudo'''. | ||
: Elsewhere on this page you might notice [[#Running any MX executable with a terminal session left open|'''cd''']] can move round the file structure (without a "sudo"), but "sudo" is used with [[# Installing/Configuring the MX service and the -service parameter|'''cp''']] as that writes a file. | : Elsewhere on this page you might notice [[#Running any MX executable with a terminal session left open|'''cd''']] can move round the file structure (without a "sudo"), but "sudo" is used with [[# Installing/Configuring the MX service and the -service parameter|'''cp''']] as that writes a file. | ||