How to be root using sudo
Apr 30, 2009 by mohamed hanoosh
If you want to execute a series of commands with root privilege then it is cumbersome to type sudo before every command. Instead just type sudo -i This will take you to root login with required environment variables. You can continue your work there.
For more details check manpage for sudo.
hash@ssl50:~$ sudo -i
[sudo] password for hash:
root@ssl50:~#
For more details check manpage for sudo.
how about 'sudo su'