Gerry Doris writes.... > > I have two systems running Redhat. One is using 7.3 and the other 8.0. > On the 7.3 system when I as root do > > su gerry > > I end up with a prompt as user gerry. However, when I do the same > thing on the 8.0 system I get the following > > su gerry > /bin/bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied > > but I still end up with a prompt as user gerry. I assume the correct > behaviour is the 7.3 system version. Does anyone know why the bash error > appears? I tried using > > su - gerry > > and it works without errors. I can't see anything obvious with > permissions on the /root/.bashrc file. On both systems the file is > owned by root.root with permissions of 644. I'm not sure where else to > look? Check the premissions on ~gerry/.bashrc That's probably 600 or 700, or something that only gerry can execute. I'm sure someone can (will) explain "correctly" the complete difference in su and su -. But in general, su - gerry effectively makes you gerry. Runs just as if you had initially logged in as gerry. su gerry leaves a lot of the things from root hanging around. Enviornment variables for one thing. Try both ways and look at something like, "echo $MAIL" (your mail spool.) su - gerry will probably show the mail spool for gerry. su gerry will still be root. Personally, I ALWAYS use the dash (su - USER). Leave all remnience of root behind so you don't end up with suprises. (Though I'm sure some folks can tell you their reasons for just su USER. -- Jay Crews jpc@jaycrews.com > > -- > Gerry > > "The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
