Greg Wooledge wrote: ... > Maybe. If you haven't created an /etc/default/su file, then something > like this: > > $ su > # adduser richard > > may fail. You could work around it in various ways (e.g. explicitly > typing out /usr/sbin/adduser richard). > > My recommendation is to create a one-line configuration file: > > hobbit:~$ cat /etc/default/su > ALWAYS_SET_PATH yes > > That's all it takes. With this file, with this setting, "su" with no > arguments will behave the way it's supposed to: it changes PATH without > changing your working directory.
i've just been typing "su -" all along here and haven't run into any problems that i've noticed. perhaps i just don't ever rely upon PATH being something without explicitly setting it in my profile or bashrc or script. i don't use sudo, i just start a root shell in a particular terminal when i start up each day and then i only do root stuff there. songbird
