sudo su vs sudu -i

[Trevor]

What's the difference between:

              sudo -i

                  vs

              sudo su

[Blue_bird]

Ofcorse... both commands are used to obtain a root shell (become the superuser), they achieve it in slightly different ways.

sudo -i (Recommended): Simulates a fresh login as the root user. It cleans up the environment variables and loads the root user's specific configuration files (.profile, .bash_profile, etc.).

sudo su: Runs the su (switch user) command using sudo privileges. It often creates a "mixed" environment where you are root, but some variables (like your shell settings) might still belong to your original user.

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