computer/properties

[Liam Proven]

On 9 June 2014 14:38, Tony Arnold <tony.arnold at manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Liam,
>
> On 09/06/14 12:26, Liam Proven wrote:
>> On 9 June 2014 13:22, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> ; you just need to
>>> switch to root with "sudo -i".
>>
>>
>> I have never known the difference between ``sudo -s'' and ``sudo -i''.
>> I always use the former. Can you clarify?
>
> Something to do with if it's effectively a login shell. sudo -i sets my
> cwd to /root where as sudo -s leaves me where I am. There may be more to
> it. FWIW, I've always used sudo -i


Ahh, fair enough - that makes sense. Thanks.

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