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On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:50:25 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:19:35 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
> 
>> sudo su is always wrong.
> 
> It’s hilarious the number of people who use both programs in the one
> command. ;)

'su' requires the root password and I have no idea what it is.  'sudo su' 
required my password and I become root.