Timeline for What's the difference between sudo su vs just su?
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| Aug 31, 2015 at 17:45 | comment | added | dannysauer | [user@host] /home/user$ sh -c 'echo $PATH' /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/quest/bin:/usr/local/sec:/var/cfengine/bin [user@host] /home/user$ sudo -i sh -c 'echo $PATH' /usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/opt/quest/bin:/usr/local/sec:/var/cfengine/bin:/var/cfengine/bin:/root/bin | |
| Aug 25, 2015 at 22:25 | comment | added | Chris Davies | @Klaatu but sudo -i echo $PATH is evaluating $PATH in the user's context, not root's. | |
| Aug 25, 2015 at 22:03 | comment | added | Klaatu von Schlacker | @roaima sudo -i does not inherit the root PATH. Try echo $PATH and then sudo -i echo $PATH, then do sudo -i and once at a root prompt, do echo $PATH. | |
| Aug 25, 2015 at 21:00 | comment | added | Chris Davies | Why sudo su and not sudo -i? | |
| Aug 25, 2015 at 20:33 | comment | added | Electric Coffee | it's worked just fine on all the systems I've tested it on.. Linux and BSD alike, hence the confusion | |
| Aug 25, 2015 at 20:32 | history | answered | Klaatu von Schlacker | CC BY-SA 3.0 |