Date: 14 Nov 2002 12:56:57 -0800 From: swear@attbi.com (Gary W. Swearingen) To: Johan Hendriks <johan@double-l.nl> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su Message-ID: <kbadkbg99i.dkb@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <1037280915.1183.27.camel@Larissa.double-l.lokaal> References: <1037280915.1183.27.camel@Larissa.double-l.lokaal>
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Johan Hendriks <johan@double-l.nl> writes: > I come from Linux and under Linux you never must do a su without the - > Is this the same under FreeBSD or is it a little typo, or something > else. In general, it not even the same under Linux! You can change your shell startup scripts so "-" is not (usually?) needed. But you're probably referring to a just-installed system, for which I don't know the answer. The answer might depend on what you need to do after starting "su". You could try comparing your environment before and after with "printenv". You should develop a shell startup script scheme suitable to your shell and to your desires for things such as the need to use "-" (or not) with "su", and change your scripts to implement it. The default shell startup scripts are simple enough that you should be able to change, test, and fix what breaks. If you don't already well understand the huge messy startup script scheme of "bash", you'll find that the scheme of FreeBSD's "sh" (and that of "pdksh") is much easier to learn well. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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