Babu Kalakrishnan wrote
>Even the su - also is not "identical" to the regular login shell. >Some programs
>which insist that you have console ownership would >refuse to run. (Try executing
>startx from a su'd shell)
The su command merely allows you to run a *program* with the privileges of another
user. It does not change ownership of the console or any other devices. That is done
separately during the login process, whoch ends by executing a login shell.
Devdas Bhagat
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