On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Yohann DESQUERRE (DSI NOISIEL) wrote: > -----Message d'origine----- > De : Bret Hughes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Envoyé : jeudi 5 septembre 2002 15:27 > À : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Objet : Re: Strange problem with su and vi commands
> not sure about this specific problem but su - username rather than su > user will build the environment for the user as if he logged in > normally. > > Bret just an observation -- i got burned *badly* once after having used "su - <username>" to allegedly become another user with that user's full environment, then using command substitution "$(logname)" in a script to clean up that user's directory. big mistake (and clearly my fault). the "logname" command will still return the original user's login name. i should have used "whoami" to get the new effective username. or is there another standard way i should have done this? rday -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
