On Tue, 12 Mar 2002, Bram Cohen wrote: > > Ok, guilty as charged. I often tend to go in as 'su' rather than 'su > > - root' and thus inherit my user configs, which has '.' in the path. > > Is that true on all systems? I'm running a debian box, and if I do 'su', > it still changes my user preferences, or at least ps1.
it should work the same across all platforms. maybe root is running a different shell? also, if you want to save time, "su -" is the same thing as "su - root" > Also, it's a good idea to use sudo instead of su, so that you don't > accidentally do something bad with an inane command which didn't have to > be run as root. It also reduces the chances of someone walking over to > your machine when there's a root shell open... another benefit of sudo is that it does logging. the tracking and auditing lets you see exactly what kind of insanity took place while you were drunk the night before. =jay _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
