# Sudo user vs RBAC

**URL:** https://community.unix.com/t/sudo-user-vs-rbac/213708
**Category:** Linux
**Created:** [September 24, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sudo-user-vs-rbac/213708 "2008-09-24T01:20:00Z")
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### Author: ![saurabh84g](https://community.unix.com/letter_avatar/saurabh84g/32/5_5575768a8748004e209b776fc1b2916d.png) [@saurabh84g](https://community.unix.com/u/saurabh84g)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sudo-user-vs-rbac/213708/1 "2008-09-24T01:20:00Z")

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Hi all,

What the difference between the sudo users & RBAC when the talk of effects after doing the above comes???

any differences between them ,kindly list ??

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### Author: ![otheus](https://community.unix.com/user_avatar/community.unix.com/otheus/32/505_2.png) [@otheus](https://community.unix.com/u/otheus)
#### Post date: [October 9, 2008, 7:26am UTC](https://community.unix.com/t/sudo-user-vs-rbac/213708/2 "2008-10-09T07:26:13Z")

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What do you mean by "RBAC"? I know what it the acronym stands for, but comparing it to "sudo" is like comparing "Microsoft" to "computers".