Superuser cannot access other users folders

[asiga]

I have installed 10.12.6 from scratch, using the Migration Assistant for copying everything from my 10.11.6 installation, but there's one thing that behaves differently.

I have two users. My normal user isn't in the sudoers file. But I have another superuser, which is. So, whenever I need to do some system change, I enter the superuser password.

However, in 10.11.6, when I wanted superuser privileges from Terminal, I just typed "su superuser" and then I was able to "sudo" as superuser. It worked fine even if the current directory belonged to my normal user.

But now, in my new 10.12.6 installation, if I "su superuser" for a folder belonging to my normal user, I get:
"shell-init: error retrieving current directory: getcwd: cannot access parent directories: Permission denied"

which means that superuser cannot read my normal user folders.

This error didn't happen in 10.11.6, although I don't remember if I had to change anything for it to work.

What could be the easiest way of fixing this? Thanks!!!

 

[gsahli]

Have you tried another form of the same command? Like sudo su

 

[asiga]

Have you tried another form of the same command? Like sudo su

If I do "sudo superuser" from my normal user account and then I do a "sudo -s" from the superuser, then the superuser has a root session and so it can access the folders and files of my normal user.

However, this doesn't happen in the rest of my Macs. If I do "sudo superuser" in them, the superuser can access all my folders and files. As I said, what I don't remember now is if I changed something for getting that behaviour, or if it's because of a change in Sierra.