*********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 7/26/2003 at 7:42 PM Gerry Doris wrote: >I upgraded to RH 9 from 7.3. I thought that all was working properly but >I just ran into a strange one with su. > >I'm sure that I was able as root to just do a > >su gerry > >and I would become user "gerry". However, when I try that now I become >user "gerry" but the following error message is printed out... > >/bin/bash: /root/.bashrc: Permission denied > >I can eliminate the error message by just doing a > >su - gerry > >Also, as "gerry" I can su to root or another user without error (just >asked for the correct password). It's only when I try to su as root to >another user without the "-" that causes the error. > >Anyone know why this has started to happen? > >-- >Gerry > >"The lyfe so short, the craft so long to learne" Chaucer > > > >-- >Shrike-list mailing list >Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx >https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list i don't know what's causing that, but it would be a good idea to alias your su command to' su -' because just doing the simple 'su' is a security hole. using 'su -' makes the operation a log on. or better still, use sudo. regards, shane -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
