On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:17:08 +0930, Tim wrote: > If you switch users to root by just using "su" then you're still using > the non-root user's paths and environment. If you log in as root, or do > "su -" to switch to root, then you're using the roots environment, which > includes /sbin. Since oh so many users don't seem to know this, "su -" is short for "su -l" which in turn is the short option for "su --login". It gives you a full login shell environment. See top of "man su". -- Fedora release 8 (Werewolf) - Linux 2.6.23.15-137.fc8 loadavg: 1.06 1.11 1.10 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
