 | | | path fudge | path fudge 2003-06-09 - By jdow
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-- -- Original Message -- --
From: "Stewart M. Ives" <ivessm@(protected)>
> If you login as a user and then you:
>
> su
>
> And provide the root password when prompted then you will end up
> with a # prompt BUT the same path as you originally logged in as
> the user and not the root path.
>
> If you login as a user and then you:
>
> su -
>
> And provide the root password when prompted then you will end up
> with a # prompt AND root's path which includes /sbin and
> /usr/sbin.
>
> stew
Now it is time to quiz the new user. Do you know WHY you see this
behavior? If not do you know how to find out?
<don't peak>
"man su"
{^_-}
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