On 06/04/2008, Ned Slider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just drafted a FAQ/mini-HOWTO on becoming root as this is a topic I > see come up time and time again. > > Perhaps someone with a reasonable understanding could check it for > technical correctness, and if anyone would like to offer comments/feedback?? > > Any suggestions as to where might be an appropriate home for this on the > Wiki?
As someone who was used to all users having the same search-path (I'm going back 25 or so years), when I first came across the use of a separate path for the super-user I asked the question "Why?". I have long since answered that question and support the concept. (An aside, can anyone tell me why one of the original grep flags, -y, was changed to -i ?) Perhaps what also needs to be said is that "su <user>" gives the current user the identity of <user> whilst "su - <user>" gives the current user the identity of <user> *along with* <user>'s environment that would normally be obtained by logging in as <user>. I probably haven't expressed the above very well. Looking in my old Unix System V manuals for the su command, I read "An initial - flag causes the environment to be changed to the one that would be expected if the user actually logged in again." Perhaps a mention of sudo and sudoers could also be made? Alan.
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