John Bray wrote: > and in any case, no matter if it is to root or another user, the - > guarantees you've picked up that user's entire environment. again, it's > the key to having consistent behavior when you are being that user, root > or otherwise. Could you give an example where the difference matters? (I usually say "su -" but I'm not really sure why. When I forget it never seems to cause any problem.) -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
