[SOLVED] Root Login

wstewart · 12-20-2012, 04:49 AM

Interesting. Didn't know that. I had a look at the man page earlier but I didn't see su unless it's just a combination of the s and u options.

wstewart · 12-20-2012, 04:55 AM

I think I see what you're getting at. sudo su just starts a shell as root and reads the .bashrc or whatever shell you're using but not .profile. I still don't see su in the sudo man page but I'm guessing it's similar to running su just with sudo before it. Either way it's very useful knowledge.

solarisguy · 12-20-2012, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wstewart

I think I see what you're getting at. sudo su just starts a shell as root and reads the .bashrc or whatever shell you're using but not .profile. I still don't see su in the sudo man page but I'm guessing it's similar to running su just with sudo before it. Either way it's very useful knowledge.

"sudo su -" will also adopt root's environment on successful privilege elevation.