Re: [tlug] Who is www-data, and why do they want my CPU? [SOLVED]

[Dave Brown <dagbrown@example.com>]

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 02:17:13PM +0900, Josh Glover wrote:
> On 21/03/2008, steven smith <sjs@example.com> wrote:
> 
> >  Note that 'sudo -s' is not quite 'su -' in that it does not
> >  source root's environment.
> 
> sudo su -

What Josh said.

If you want a nice authentic This Is Root's Login Environment shell,
"sudo su -" is the way to go.

It comes in handy when what you want is The Real Root, and not just
a sort of root-alike colored by your own personal dotfiles.

--Dave