> > which did you use? > su or su - > > su will give you root priviliges with your path > su - will give you root with root's paths. > > > > Thank you very much.. this is now clear.
I sort of relised that su did not change environment variables...but thought that if user had access to X --or modem-- root ought to as well. I did not understand the man page :-( Geoffrey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
