From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 9 00:00:22 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id AAA07697 for current-outgoing; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 00:00:22 -0700 Received: from crh.cl.msu.edu (crh.cl.msu.edu [35.8.1.24]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id AAA07691 for ; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 00:00:14 -0700 Message-Id: <199504090700.AAA07691@freefall.cdrom.com> Received: by crh.cl.msu.edu (1.38.193.4/16.2) id AA13987; Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:00:08 -0400 Date: Sun, 9 Apr 1995 03:00:08 -0400 From: Charles Henrich To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Subject: should su retain ${DISPLAY} X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #10 (NOV) Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >t is therefore arguable that not preserving DISPLAY in these cases >is, in fact, the right thing to do. Your right, it should completely reset the environment as if it was a fresh login. Speaking of su, why the hell doesnt FreeBSD's su support -c cmd like every other su on the planet? -Crh -- Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu http://rs560.msu.edu/~henrich/