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Profile execution issue

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I have a profile execution issue, I log on to a linux machine , then i do sudo to another user as sudo su - <username> , then <username> .profile executes properly but when I type something I loose all environment varaible and my prompt changes to '$' loosing the PS1 value that I have setup in the .profile.
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The user's .profile or .bashrc script could be fubar'd. Your prompt should change to whatever PS1 the user has set up in ~username/.profile, not what you had set up in your own .profile.
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