slow sudo /bin/su response

[Horst H. von Brand]

Andrew Farris <lordmorgul at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey all,
> I have a little issue with login from a normal user to root being very
> slow when I use sudo.  When I do not use sudo its very quick.
> 
> > sudo /bin/su -
> (20-30 second delay before login)

Why not just "su -", or "sudo sh -l"?
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