Re: identity confusion

[didier . gaumet]

Does the --login option provide the same result?
EXcerpt from the su man page:
      "For backward compatibility, su defaults to not change the  current  di‐
       rectory  and to only set the environment variables HOME and SHELL (plus
       USER and LOGNAME if the target user is not root).  It is recommended to
       always use the --login option (instead of its shortcut -) to avoid side
       effects caused by mixing environments."