Chris Tyler <chris@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Here's a related issue with the PATHs (which is why I change > the /etc/profile on my systems): a simple 'su' won't munge the superuser > directories into the PATH, because /etc/profile isn't invoked. If the > superuser directories are in the default PATH, a plain 'su' becomes a > lot more useful (and yes, 'su -' works, but then you lose the current > directory). An alternative would be to put path munging code > in /etc/bashrc (or, somehow, the PAM config for 'su'). "su -" is safer... Or use sudo(1) -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
