[RndTbl] Finally, a use for "sudo su -" !

[Adam Thompson]

I finally found a legitimate use for "sudo su -", which is otherwise a
redundant construct (juse use "sudo -i" instead).

http://askubuntu.com/questions/161924/how-do-i-set-persistent-environment-variables-for-root

Sudo cleans the environment, but fails to re-read /etc/environment.
Su(8) does, when invoked with "-", read /etc/environment.

AFAIK, this is only a problem on Ubuntu (and possibly Debian etc., I
haven't checked).

  [image: Avant logo] *Adam Thompson*
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