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Am I using bash after this ordeal?
On Mountain Lion, host Coguaro, I login as user coconutpowder using bash:
Coguaro:~ coconutpowder$ echo $0
-bash
I need to run a command with elevated privileges so I try to su switch to root but ...
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On OS X, how do I log in interactively as root starting from my normal user account?
I have been doing this for a while:
sudo su -
but it uses 'sh' rather than 'bash', which is what I'd like to do.
Which command will log me in as root and get me a bash shell even if that's not the ...
