From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 17 00:58:36 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4A191065679 for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:58:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us) Received: from mail-ew0-f51.google.com (mail-ew0-f51.google.com [209.85.215.51]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 757EB8FC0C for ; Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:58:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ewy19 with SMTP id 19so76610ewy.10 for ; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:58:35 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.124.201 with SMTP id x49mr201991eeh.7.1292547515305; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:58:35 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.14.47.78 with HTTP; Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:58:35 -0800 (PST) X-Originating-IP: [64.81.163.112] In-Reply-To: References: <20101125230217.GA25485@thought.org> <4CEFA3DD.9090106@qeng-ho.org> <4CF1395D.27634.1829768@dave.g8kbv.demon.co.uk> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 16:58:35 -0800 Message-ID: From: David Brodbeck To: FreeBSD Mailing List Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Subject: Re: next question.... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:58:36 -0000 On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Chris Brennan wrote: > When sudo'ing, pass 'sudo su -' (same principle applies, but you don't need > to to be in wheel to use this command) Is the end result of 'sudo su - ' any different from the simpler command 'sudo -i'?