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What does "sudo -s" actually do?

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I am using ubuntu 10.04. I notice that after I run in terminal: The prompt changed from: to: Seems it changed to root privilege. But when I check the documentation of command here, it explains another story of , can anyone explain to me what is doing exactly?

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sudo -s

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The two aren't really inconsistent - the command always changes user, either to root, or to the user you specify with the switch. All the does is provide a shortcut for starting a shell as that user. It is really equivalent to: except that it will lā€¦

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