Tim: >>> Having said that, on my system where I am the sole user, I'll only use >>> sudo if I know I'm doing just one thing. If I have to do a series of >>> things, I will "su -" and do them all as root. It's just too tedious >>> to do "sudo some-command" over and over. poc: >> Exactly. Bob Marčan: > What about "sudo bash" for same result? I find when I'm doing admin tasks, not only do I issue commands to do things, I'm listing directories, changing directories, creating config files and making notes. I really want a full normal environment, and I want to know what it is. Just trying "sudo bash" on a non-Fedora box (where I am at the moment), I notice that "echo $PATH" is different from "su -" as just one simple test. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue