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10.5: Fix the sudo shell prompt
Authored by: epyon9283 on Wed, Mar 19 2008 at 9:06AM PDT

"sudo -i" will do the same thing

10.5: Fix the sudo shell prompt
Authored by: allanmarcus on Wed, Mar 19 2008 at 9:18AM PDT

excellent tip! I always used -s, but -i seems to be "better"!

Not the same
Authored by: lincd0 on Wed, Mar 19 2008 at 10:01AM PDT

sudo -i is not the same as sudo -s. The first simulates a root login. You get the root home directory and PATH, and lose your own environment. The second preserves most of your customized shell environment, while changing your effective UID to root. Much better for my purposes.