Chris Davies wrote:
> Magnus Therning <magnus@therning.org> wrote:
>> I've been trying to find out what the difference is between the
>> following three
>
>> % sudo su -
>
> Use your password to authenticate to sudo, then use su to change to the
> root user with root's environment as if it were a login session
>
>> % sudo -i
>
> Use your password to authenticate to sudo, then change to the root user
> with root's environment as if it were a login session
>
>> % sudo -s
>
> Use your password to authenticate to sudo, then fire up a shell. Do not
> instantiate root's environment. Do not start a new login session
Thanks!
/M
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