It's perfectly normal for the "script" command to give you an interactive shell prompt, that's what it was designed for.
This behaviour is perfectly normal, and works as expected. ** Changed in: shadow (Ubuntu) Status: New => Invalid ** Information type changed from Private Security to Public Security -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to shadow in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1414959 Title: sudo script from user to admin w/sudo account provides root prompt Status in shadow package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: Script started on Tue 27 Jan 2015 01:29:17 AM PST ^[]0;b21an@ai7: ~^Gb21an@ai7:~$ ^M ^[]0;b21an@ai7: ~^Gb21an@ai7:~$ whoami^M b21an^M ^[]0;b21an@ai7: ~^Gb21an@ai7:~$ ^M ^[]0;b21an@ai7: ~^Gb21an@ai7:~$ su admin^M Password: ^M ^[]0;admin@ai7: /home/b21an^Gadmin@ai7:/home/b21an$ cd^M ^[]0;admin@ai7: ~^Gadmin@ai7:~$ ^M ^[]0;admin@ai7: ~^Gadmin@ai7:~$ whoami^M admin^M ^[]0;admin@ai7: ~^Gadmin@ai7:~$ sudo script another ^H^[[K=^H^[[K-typescript-`sh ~/bin/date.sh`^M [sudo] password for admin: ^M Script started, file is another-typescript-20150127-1422351055^M ^[]0;root@ai7: ~^Groot@ai7:~# ^M ^[]0;root@ai7: ~^Groot@ai7:~# whoami^M root^M ^[]0;root@ai7: ~^Groot@ai7:~# exit^M exit^M Script done, file is another-typescript-20150127-1422351055^M exit^M Script done on Tue 27 Jan 2015 01:31:03 AM PST^M ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: login 1:4.1.5.1-1ubuntu9 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-68.102-generic 3.2.62 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-68-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Tue Jan 27 01:24:36 2015 SourcePackage: shadow UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-11-01 (87 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/shadow/+bug/1414959/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp