Re: PATH nfg after su

From	Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: PATH nfg after su
Date	2020-10-23 15:20 +0200
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Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> wrote:
> On Fri, 2020-10-23 at 08:19 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote

>> Using "sudo su -" is a new one to me.  Not only are you wastefully
>> running two programs when you only need one.

> It's useful (essential?) if you want a root shell when there's no root
> password set like on Ubuntu (and optionally on Debian).

No.

"sudo -i" does exactly that: Run a shell as "root" and ask for the
password of the user calling it.

S!

-- 
Sigmentation fault. Core dumped.

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PATH nfg after su Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-23 04:40 +0200
  Re: PATH nfg after su Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-23 05:50 +0200
    Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:10 +0200
    Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:20 +0200
      Re: PATH nfg after su Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-23 14:40 +0200
        Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:40 +0200
        Re: PATH nfg after su Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-10-23 15:20 +0200
          Re: PATH nfg after su Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-23 20:00 +0200
            Re: PATH nfg after su Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2020-10-23 20:10 +0200
            Re: PATH nfg after su "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-10-24 21:20 +0200
              Re: PATH nfg after su <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2020-10-24 21:40 +0200
    Re: PATH nfg after su "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2020-10-23 14:20 +0200

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