[sudo-users] Sudo su - question

Martin Schröder martin at oneiros.de
Tue Sep 6 09:48:46 EDT 2011


2011/9/6 Mister V <badvad at gmail.com>:
> I have recently been told sudo bash or sudo su - is bad practice and I
> should refrain from using this. I am quite insulted by this since if I am
> administrating a box or working on things that do require root I do not want
> to keep adding sudo to all my commands.

May I suggest "man sudo"? Look especially for the "-s" and "-i" options.

Best
   Martin



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