Why do all the sudo? [was Re: Software updater no longer functional]

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:33:46 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
>sudo parameters can be a mess, too, especially since the shell blocks
>you from checking wildcard results unless you do get yourself an
>interactive shell (via sudo -i, etc.).

Is "etc." for

$ sudo sh -c "ls -hAl /home/foo/.bar*"

?


>It's better than doing the same thing with su, but not really perfect.

Why is using "sudo -i" better, than using "su"? Resp. "sudo sh -c"
better than "su -c"? Regarding environment variables by default "su"
usually does the same on all Linux distros, "sudo" doesn't. At least in
regards to portability "su" is the better choice.

Regards,
Ralf