[ale] Linux Distributions

[Jerry Yu]

if /dev/hda8 is a scratch partition (treat it like a floppy, if you may), 
then not much. 

However, the purpose of sudo is to grant a limited specific privilege (mkfs 
/dev/hda8, in this case) to a limited set of common users. Those not granted 
are thus reserved to the super user.

As root, you can 'rm -rf /". As common user, you can do such only if such is 
explicitly granted by /etc/sudoers. On a single-user home/hobby/test system, 
the distinction may not come as clear as in a true multi-user environment.

What's the difference between "sudo mkfs /dev/hda8" and runing
> "mkfs /dev/hda8" as root?
> 
> -Jim P.
>
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