root shell

[Derek Broughton]

pol wrote:

> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> pol wrote:
>>> commands through sudo: E. the following alias is set in root's .zshenv
>>> file, to get a customized file list:
>>>  alias l="/usr/bin/limo -w1 -o-m -fUNsm"
>>> It works, as i am root (that is i have accessed through 'sudo su -'),
>>> yet, as i enter (as norml user) the command 'sudo l' i get
>>>  sudo: l: command not found
>> 
>> Try: sudo -i
>> which is the "correct" way to get a root shell.
> 
> sudo -i   lets me enter an interactive root shell, the same as 'sudo -su
> -'.
> 
> I believe that 'sudo <command> (e.g 'sudo l', see above) runs a non
> interactive shell. If that is so, how to set aliases for non intearactive
> shell?

OK, don't listen then.  sudo -i is NOT the same as sudo su.
-- 
derek