Hi, I believe that "su" changes to root but using the environment (path etc) of the current user, whereas "su -" changes to root using root's environment. Graham. At 08:31 24/11/2001, you wrote: >Hello everybody >as you know, wine is a windows emulator. >can viruses affect Linux PCs having wine installed over them ? > >other question : what's the difference between su and su - >I noticed that on some PCs, su doesn't allow the user to execute some >commands (service for example) > >best regards > >___________________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? -- Une adresse @yahoo.fr gratuite et en français ! >Yahoo! Courrier : http://courrier.yahoo.fr >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com > with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.