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"sudo su" Fails With Error "could not open session" After Restart (Doc ID 2395639.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 6.1 and later
Oracle Linux Cloud Service - Version Oracle Linux 5.0 and later
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure - Version N/A and later
Linux x86-64

Goal



Could switch to root user after restart.

With "#sudo -iu root" USER can became root but with "#sudo su" it fails.
 

Solution

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