Am Mi, den 27.04.2005 schrieb Claude Jones um 22:17: > > "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# No, Rick spoke about running "su - <user>". > I'm getting the same bad result, if I follow you right. > Claude Jones Check /etc/password to contain following line for root: root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash Check too your /root/.bash_profile and /root/.bashrc files. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG http://pgp.mit.edu 0xB366A773 legal statement: http://www.uni-x.org/legal.html Fedora Core 2 GNU/Linux on Athlon with kernel 2.6.11-1.14_FC2smp Serendipity 22:24:11 up 15 days, 19:04, load average: 0.19, 0.14, 0.15
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