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Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 13:53:51 +0100
From: Ben Smithurst <ben@FreeBSD.org>
To: Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com>
Cc: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke>,
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Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE and Exim
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Janko van Roosmalen wrote:

> 
> There is a difference between "su" and "su -".
> 
> If you execute "su" you do not get roots environment, a "su -" will do
> this.
> Try the  following command sequence and you will see the difference:
> 
>    echo $PATH
>    su
>    echo $PATH
>    exit
>    su -
>    echo $PATH

And this has, what, precisely, to do with the problem at hand?

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Ben Smithurst                 / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D
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