Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:50:50 -0500 (EST) From: "Mr. K." <bsd@inbox.org> To: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: window manager question Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000105144937.15193B-100000@inbox.org> In-Reply-To: <200001051806.TAA36854@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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> For the above reasons (and because of "good practice"), I never > change root's login shell. Instead, I use ``su -m'' (as a > normal user) to become root, which causes my root shell to be > the same as my normal user shell (which happens to be zsh). > In fact, my ``su'' is an alias for ``su -m''. > I just tried the su -m thing, and the strangest thing happened when I typed "pine", I got all my user messages, plus all the root messages combined. Is there any way to avoid this, or should I make sure I only check mail when doing a normal su? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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