[Novalug] Opening a root shell with sudo

Ed James edward.james@gmail.com
Wed Jan 30 21:35:32 EST 2013


Hey, just learned that sudo can be configured to insult ya when ya mess
up the password.  Any other *nix commands do that?

Ed James

examples:
    Maybe if you used more than just two fingers…
    I have been called worse.
    Listen, burrito brains, I don’t have time to listen to this trash.


On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 9:22 PM, Don E. Groves, Jr. <dgrovesjr@gmail.com> wrote:
> I see a number of places where they say use something like:
>     sudo su
>
> Why not the simple one that has always worked for me:
>     sudo -i
>
> ( see the 'man sudo'  for what the switch -i does )
>
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