On Friday 31 October 2008 19:33:44 Frédéric Perrin wrote:
> As a side question, is it considered bad practice to set root's shell
> and locales to something else then the default ?
By some (most?) yes. If you decide to change the default shell, to one that's
not in the base system (i.e., a ksh/z
Le Vendredi 31 à 20:27, Fred Condo a écrit :
> Use this syntax (both equivalent):
> su - root
> su -l root
>
> You do have to specify the user with -l. Perhaps the man page could
> clarify that.
I read the first line that says "The su utility requests appropriate
user credentials via PAM and switc
Use this syntax (both equivalent):
su - root
su -l root
You do have to specify the user with -l. Perhaps the man page could
clarify that.
On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Frédéric Perrin wrote:
Hello,
When I « su - » to root (after being logged in as my normal user), the
LOGNAME env variable
Hi--
On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Frédéric Perrin wrote:
When I « su - » to root (after being logged in as my normal user), the
LOGNAME env variable is still set to my previous user, as in :
,
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~% /usr/bin/su -l
| Password:
| [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# echo $USER - $LOGNAME
|