On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 10:27 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> On 05/03/12 10:16, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> > On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 09:39 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote:
> >> I have an F-16 computer that was working normally a couple of
> >> days ago when run this morning has an unusual [to me] problem.
> >>
> >> When I su and type in the root password form the XCFE desktop it
> >> spends about 20 seconds before displaying a prompt and then
> >> instead of:
> >>
> >> [bobg@box6 ~]$ su
> >> Password:
> >> [root@box6 bobg]# exit
> >>
> >>
> >> I get a prompt: bash-4.2#
> >>
> >> If instead of bringing up the desktop with startx I "su" it
> >> changes to root quickly after entering the password, also with
> >> the prompt "bash-4.2#."
> >>
> >> Other than that it apparently works? But obviously something has
> >> changed and I can't guess what?
> >>
> >> Bob
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > I am not sure what you really want to do, but if you want to become root
> > you need to execute su - not su.
>
> The computer is doing what I want it to do but the indications
> are wrong.
> The prompt should be [root@box6 bobg]# and I should get there
> immediately not twenty seconds after pressing "Enter."
>
> Bob
>
The only way you can get a prompt containig root is by using su - .
su will only produce a root prompt by starting as root. It it not
posible to do this:
[bobg@box6 ~]$ su
Password:
[root@box6 bobg]#
So what are you really doing?
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