On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote:

> On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > John Aldrich wrote:
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > >
> > > > not the only way..
> > > > su - `whoami`
> > > >
> > > Wierd...it gives me an "invalid option --w" Is it supposed
> > > to?
> > >         John
> > 
> > If you put the quotes backwards it will.  You're looking for the ones
> > next to the '1'.  :)
> > 
> Hmm...interesting. :-) It works...if you put two dashes after the
> "su" instead of the single dash and use the correct quotes. :-)
>       John

(this is a confusingly ordered thread i must say)

If you provide two dash's it will not source your login files.

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