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Chapter 8: Security has a section on using sudo (not yet committed).
This section should link to it. The section label is sec:security:sudo

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Factual Error sudo  (Chapter 7)
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506807
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Status in Ubuntu Manual: Fix Committed

Bug description:
Section 7.1 suggests that using sudo is the same as logging in as root. A beginner may easily confuse them. sudo Is used to execute commands as another user. We probably need better explanation about the concept of a super-user and why it is dangerous to even have a super-user account let alone log into one and why using sudo instead is a better choice. Also, since this is the "Advanced" section of the book, IMHO a little bit more detail would not hurt.