User Environment Variables With SU and SUDO
(Doc ID 2733910.1)
Last updated on DECEMBER 23, 2020
Applies to:
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and laterLinux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.0 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.
Goal
su and sudo allow to execute commands or shell with a different user.
Depending on how they are invoked the environment variables can change, causing different command results.
Solution
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In this Document
| Goal |
| Solution |
| su - run a command with substitute user and group ID |
| sudo - execute a command as another user |