From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Oct 20 09:58:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id JAA01509 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 09:58:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.webspan.net (mail.webspan.net [206.154.70.7]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id JAA01504 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 09:58:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (orion.webspan.net [206.154.70.5]) by mail.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA28756; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:57:59 -0400 (EDT) Received: from orion.webspan.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by orion.webspan.net (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id MAA25021; Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:56:55 -0400 (EDT) To: sue@welearn.com.au cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG From: "Gary Palmer" Subject: Re: When is a root not a root? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 21 Oct 1996 02:39:25 +1000." <199610201644.CAA24868@mail.zip.com.au> Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 12:56:55 -0400 Message-ID: <25019.845830615@orion.webspan.net> Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk "Sue Blake" wrote in message ID <199610201644.CAA24868@mail.zip.com.au>: > But tell me, what am I supposed to be able to do after su? > It seems that if I want to do any real work, su is no good. > I can move to any directory and fiddle with files, but I can't mount > or do a whole lot of other things, so what's the point? > Is there a guide, or a list of what can be done after su and what > requires a root login? Considering that I use `su' daily for remote maintaince, I believe the problem is to do with your configuration. Try using `su -m' instead, and insuring that `/sbin' and `/usr/sbin' are in your path. That'll likely solve your problem. Yours, Gary -- Gary Palmer FreeBSD Core Team Member FreeBSD: Turning PC's into workstations. See http://www.FreeBSD.ORG/ for info