-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 16:12:51 -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > On Sun, Jan 12, 2003 at 07:55:11PM +0100, Michael Schwendt wrote: > > On Sun, 12 Jan 2003 18:25:47 +0100, Ricardo Carrillo Cruz wrote: > > > > > When I login in my machine with a normal user,the normal > > > user's path is correct,i mean,it hasn`t access to /sbin > > > /usr/sbin neither.The problem is that when i open a console, i > > > turn myself root with su,the root user inherits the same path > > > that the normal user has.¿Why? I' ve tried to put the correct > > > path into the .bash_profile of root,but still doesn`t work. > > > > Don't switch to user root, *log in* as root. Use either of > > these: > > > > $ su --login > > $ su -l > > $ su - > > This is one possible solution, depending on what the user wants to do. > However, it is often undesireable, for a variety of reasons. For > example, - -cut- Derek, forgive my ignorance, but above I see a user who asks specifically why turning to root with su inherits the normal user's path. Hence I point him to a desirable (!) option that would solve his particular problem. Therefore I find the beginning of your comment (or should I say "correction") inappropriate. You're free to expand on alternative solutions, though. - -- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+IfTO0iMVcrivHFQRAgeeAJ9FuqVz7/KrqK9EZ6NrrRU8Pm5oiACeJxSP xflpgTd/0aWML8sPKYFCa8E= =sniU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
