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Can someone translate the following text from an /etc/sudoers file to readable English for me? I'm wondering specifically what - orpkale means.

557149 ALL =(root) /bin/su - orpkale
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  • Just a comment, its /etc/sudoers not etc/sudoers. And I think it means it has something to do with who or what has permissions to root. And /bin/sh is the shell for that use. Preferably, I use /bin/bash. Hope this helps anyways.
    – NerdOfCode
    Jul 26, 2017 at 17:21
  • See toroid.org/sudoers-syntax
    – Panther
    Jul 26, 2017 at 17:51

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It means that user 557149 is allowed to start a login shell as user orpkale. From man su:

-, -l, --login
    Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had
    the user logged in directly.

    When - is used, it must be specified before any username. For
    portability it is recommended to use it as last option, before any
    username. The other forms (-l and --login) do not have this
    restriction.
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  • I would say UID and not user 557159. Right?
    – NerdOfCode
    Jul 26, 2017 at 17:27
  • @NerdOfCode hmm... actually I'm not sure; I thought that UIDs had to be prefixed with # within /etc/sudoers? OTOH I'm not sure if numeric usernames are allowed.
    – steeldriver
    Jul 26, 2017 at 17:30
  • Ah. Alright, you probably know more than me @steeldriver.
    – NerdOfCode
    Jul 26, 2017 at 17:32

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