sudo -u -i [$user]

[Member imWACCo]

sudo -u -i ts3
sudo: unknown user: -i
sudo: error initializing audit plugin sudoers_audit
WACCo@TeamSpeak-Server:~
$ sudo -u --login ts3
sudo: unknown user: --login
sudo: error initializing audit plugin sudoers_audit

From https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-teamspeak-server-on-debian-11/ Step 4

How can I log-in as [$user]? I thought sudo was the same the world over, but the Ver in antiX does not like -i or –login

Yes, I have done a sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

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[Member PPC]

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man su does not show the “-i” flag in antiX. I looked on an on-line manual, and it also did not list that as one of the possible flags

The “–login” sudo flag exists.

Note: using su and sudo is not the same thing, right?

I can’t offer you a solution, just my thoughts that this is not an antiX problem. Can it be a typo on the instructions?

Edit: Sorry, bad eyes, too stressed about problems with my computer (and mainly, my life), read the OP wrong.
Proposed solution:

sudo -u ts3 -i

Considering the previous posts, it’s probably a typo in the instructions you are trying to follow…

• This reply was modified 3 months, 1 week ago by PPC.

[Member Robin]

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sudo -u expects user name. Otherwise -i will be interpreted as user name, as you can read from the command response you’ve posted.

so try
sudo -u <username>

at least antiX 21/22 sudo knows -i (equivalent to –login), it is documented in man sudo.

So try
sudo -u <username> -i

Windows is like a submarine. Open a window and serious problems will start.

[Member sybok]

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Not quite sure what exactly you intend to do but why not use simple ‘ssh -XC <username>@$(hostname)’?
Of course, the switches to ‘ssh’ can be adjusted to your needs.

[Moderator Brian Masinick]

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sudo -u masinick -i works. So does sudo -u root -i on my system.

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