whenever I use "sudo su", i'm getting "bash: export : = not a valid identifier". I'm new to linux. Please excuse for not being more informative

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I'm using UBUNTU 20.04,wayland. However I'm getting root privileges after that two messages.

Root's `.bashrc` has an `export` line with spaces around the `=`. It should be `export PATH=/...` with no spaces around `=`. — Barmar, Jun 10 '20 at 18:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 10 '20 at 18:22

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The root .bashrc file has a line that looks like this:

export PATH = /snap/bin:/usr/local/sbin/...

Get rid of the spaces around the =.

export PATH=/snap/bin:/usr/local/sbin/...

answered Jun 10 '20 at 18:22

Barmar

Thank You very much. I checked only my profile `.bashrc`. I didn't knew about root `.bashrc`. This solved my problem – Drazer Jun 10 '20 at 19:03
When you use `sudo su`, you're running a shell as root, so it runs root's .bashrc. – Barmar Jun 10 '20 at 19:10

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