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On Fri 24 Jun 2022 at 09:46:38 (-0400), Greg Wooledge wrote: > As you have observed here, the worst side effect of "su -" is that it > changes your directory. Well, that's a relief. I've been using su - since, well, forever. (At least 1998, according to my Sent Mail files.) > Whatever you were going to become root to do, > now you have to find your way *back* to the directory you were in > previously, before you can do it. In most cases, this is merely an > annoyance, albeit a severe one (since you're in a whole new shell, you > can't just use "cd -" or $OLDPWD). If you have your pwd displayed in your PS1 prompt, this becomes trivial, of course, … > In the case of rm, it can lead to the > actual loss of data, if you forget that you have been moved. … as well as being a safety feature in its own right when you're forgetful. Cheers, David.
