Why doesn't sudo read /root/profile?

[Marius Gedminas]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 08:56:44AM -0700, Rick Morneau wrote:
> Whenever I "sudo" or "sudo su root", my PATH variable is
> some kind of minimal default instead of what's specified in
> /root/.profile.  Is there some way to provide a real root
> environment when using "sudo"?

Perhaps you want to use 'sudo -i' instead of 'sudo -s'.

Marius Gedminas
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