root password

[Derek Broughton]

Adam Funk wrote:

> On 2007-08-21, Derek Broughton wrote:
> 
>> Adam Funk wrote:
>>
>>> What are the practical differences between `sudo -s` and `sudo su -i`?
>>
>> "sudo -s" works :-)
> 
> It's the only one of the two I've tried.
> 
>> More to the point, iirc, "su" runs the shell specified in /etc/passwd,
>> whereas "sudo -s" runs the shell specified in the command line.
> 
> Looking at man su, I don't see a -i option --- was that a typo for -l
> and is that what's so funny?

Precisely.  Someone recommended the OP do "sudo su -i" - but that won't
work, because -i is a sudo option, not a su option.

"sudo -i" is the "proper" way to get a root login.
-- 
derek