root shell

[Thilo Six]

pol wrote the following on 05.10.2007 22:11

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> sudo -i   lets me enter an interactive root shell, the same as 'sudo -su -'.
> 
> I believe that 'sudo <command> (e.g 'sudo l', see above) runs a non
> interactive shell. If that is so, how to set aliases for non intearactive
> shell? 

As i allready told you.
$ sudo echo $HOME
Password:
/home/USER

$ sudo -i
Password:
# echo $HOME
/root

this means nothing other than, in 'sudo <command>' you have to edit
~/.bashrc

in 'interactive' mode you have to edit /root/.bashrc.



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Thilo

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