On Mon, 2006-09-25 at 15:45 -0400, Steven W. Orr wrote: > After all that, if it works, please never use su the way you described > above. At the very least use su - -c etc... Having seen that in another topic, made me wonder about something I'm doing. My /etc/rc.local file has a string of lines in it like the following: su tim -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900" Should I be doing it like this, instead: su - tim -c "/usr/bin/fetchmail -d 900" -- (Currently running FC4, occasionally trying FC5.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.