Re: OT: Pondering sudo
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
Chris
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