How to become the root user via Terminal on macOS?

There are two ways of becoming the root user on the macOS terminal.

Option 1. sudo -i

Run the following commands on the Terminal.

macOS:/Users/eryu% whoami
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macOS:/Users/eryu% sudo -i
Password:

macOS:~ root# whoami
root

macOS:~ root# exit
logout

Option 2. sudo su

Run the following commands on the Terminal.

macOS:/Users/eryu% whoami
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macOS:/Users/eryu% sudo su
Password:

%m:%d%% whoami
root

%m:%d%% exit
exit

References

https://superuser.com/questions/592323/how-do-i-become-root-on-mac-os-x

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