On Wednesday April 27 2005 4:10 pm, Rick Stevens wrote: > Claude Jones wrote: > > So root is lost - can someone help me tell it how to 'phone home'? I was > > wondering why I was getting the strange 'sh-3.00#' prompt in the third > > line where I used to get 'root@viewridgeproductions2 ]$' I think lines 4 > > and 5 are my clue, but I don't how to fix this, or for that matter, how > > it got into this state. > > "su" only changes the process' effective UID, but doesn't give you > root's environment. "su -" DOES give you root's environment (including > root's path and, yes, $HOME). It's equivalent to logging in as root. Assuming I understood you correctly, I tried this: sh-3.00# su cj [cj@viewridgeproductions2 misc]$ su root Password: sh-3.00# kcontrol Aborting. $HOME is not set. sh-3.00# I'm getting the same bad result, if I follow you right. -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA
