On Donnerstag, 11. Dezember 2008 22:55 Hubert Grzeskowiak wrote: > i don't use su - call me paranoid, but i think it's too dangerous and in > this case even the smallest danger is unnecessary No problem to be paranoid because it could helps. I have the same problem with sudo.-) > i'm not sure what sudo -i makes in detail, but would it solve this problem? "sudo -i" simulate initial login. See better the man page of sudo because the english there is very much better than mine. Personally i prefer to use this both solutions for a "real root login" because root and my user have a different umask. See you, Attila