How can I have a root login shell with sudo?

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My user is part of the admin group and I'm used to type sudo su to impersonate root. Unfortunately this generate a non-login shell and if I need one I need to type again /bin/bash -l.

Is there any way to have a login shell directly running a sudo command?

score 8 · Answer 1 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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sudo -i will give you a login shell.

See the sudo manual.

About sudo su, see "Is there ever a good reason to run sudo su?".

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:36

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answered Feb 24 '17 at 21:21

Kusalananda

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`$ sudo -i` results in `This account is currently not available.` (because of `usermod -s /usr/sbin/nologin root`) – luckydonald Dec 08 '20 at 21:52
@luckydonald You should ask a new question about this. – Kusalananda Dec 09 '20 at 05:33

How can I have a root login shell with sudo?

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