Start sudo interactive session in current directory?

Question

I'm having trouble with sudo when I try to start an interactive session. It always changes the directory to the root's home directory. But I want to run commands in the directory I started the session from.

How can I get sudo to start an interactive session in my current directory?

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '17 at 14:38

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This answer got me over the hump, although it answered more than just my question: https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/91572/177382

The answer to my specific question is to call sudo with the -s flag instead of -i.

sudo -s

answered Aug 25 '17 at 14:38

John Chesshir

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-s does not run the startup scripts /etc/profile.d/ – bilogic Jul 13 '23 at 06:46

Start sudo interactive session in current directory?

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