Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 10:20:56 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: rjmcintire@wilshire.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Key mapping Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.94.970310101853.1052G-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <199703100038.QAA04178@train.tgci.com>
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On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, Riley J. McIntire wrote: > Thanks for the quick response on the checksum--imapd is up and > working! You're quite welcome. > Another question if you will--a pointer to a tutorial or faq would be > fine. Using bash, I find that the backspace works and the up arrow > scrolls through the command history. When I su to root, though, I > lose this functionality. > > How do I change this? Change your su command to be: su -m This will preserve your environment and shell for the root process. I do this with my csh derviative with the command alias su 'su -m' in my .cshrc. See the bash man page for proper command syntax, and you'll want to put it in your .profile or .bashrc so it's automatically loaded in every shell. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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