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What's the difference between root account and simulated roots?

rated 0 times [ 4] [ 0] / answers: 1 / hits: 1068 / 1 Year ago, tue, may 23, 2023, 3:51:32

So if I disable my root account with sudo passwd -dl root I still have access to sudo {su,bash} or sudo -{s,i} conceptually how are the elavated rights different from the root account?

I know the difference between each of the elevations, or shells, I'm looking for an in-depth difference between an account and elevated rights?

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answered 1 Year ago ionodest · Accepted Answer

There is no difference. sudo changes your user id to root, without regard for whether or not the root account has a password.

The difference between sudo -s and sudo -i is whether or not the environment variables ( things like $HOME ) are kept at your current values ( so ~ still points to your home directory ) or are reset to the values root would get if he logged in normally.