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>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE and Exim Message-ID: <20000813135351.T48327@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008131322001.468-100000@parmenides.utp.net> References: <20000813131210.B15093@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008131322001.468-100000@parmenides.utp.net>
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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? -- Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D FreeBSD Documentation Project / To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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