On Tue, 2004-12-21 at 00:22 +0100, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > Am Mo, den 20.12.2004 schrieb Maciek R. um 22:26: > > > What must I do to get this to work and how do you add and remove s.th. > > to the path anyway? (which commands) > > > Maciek R. <m.mail@xxxxx> > > Use "su -", not "su" to get a root _login_ shell. > > Alexander Alexander; Would you explain the difference between "su -" and "su"? I have always used "su" to get root, and it works, but I've seen documentation that says, and as you suggest, to use "su -". I'm curious why. Thanks, -P
