<html><head></head><body><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, 2017-01-28 at 06:05 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>On Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:33:46 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
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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.).
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Is "etc." for
$ sudo sh -c "ls -hAl /home/foo/.bar*"
?
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It's better than doing the same thing with su, but not really perfect.
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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
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