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Date:      Tue, 26 Oct 1999 21:10:34 +0000 (GMT)
From:      "Jason C. Wells" <jcwells@u.washington.edu>
To:        Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>
Cc:        jcwells@u.washington.edu, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: su -m vs. su toor? (Was Re: user toor?)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910262110060.72146-100000@s8-37-26.student.washington.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199910261519.LAA93657@blackhelicopters.org>

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On Tue, 26 Oct 1999, Michael Lucas wrote:

>> I never use 'root' anymore. I always 'su toor' when I need to be
>> superuser. This is because I like to use bash.
>
>Hmmm... general question then;
>
>Is there some reason why you wouldn't use "su -m" instead of "su
>toor"?  Is there some security issue of which I'm unaware?

The reason is that I do not know what su -m is. :)

Thank You, 	| http://students.washington.edu/jcwells/
Jason Wells



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