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sudo su - Not recommended
Submitted by Matt Mossholder (not registered) on Fri, 2009-03-06 03:40.

Canonical recommends that you not use the following:

  • sudo su
  • sudo /bin/<insert shell here>
  • ...etc.

The recommended way of getting a root shell is:

sudo -i

 

    --Matt

 

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