On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, chuck gelm net wrote: > I am not familiar with 'su -'. :-|
>From the manpage of "su": If the first argument to su is a dash (-), the environment will be changed to what would be expected if the user actually logged in as the specified user. Otherwise, the environment is passed along, with the exception of $PATH, which is controlled by PATH and SUPATH in /etc/default/su. Additionally, the user's project ID is set if the dash argument is present. See settaskid(2). In most cases it's better to use the little dash... :) grtz -- Jos Lemmerling on Debian GNU/Linux jos(@)lemmerling(.nl) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
