As well as "su user", try "su - user" to give the clean envirobnment of
the new user

man su gives the details

BillK


> 
> This works in Linux -- the problem I frequently encounter is that it
> inherits environment variables from the parent user.
> 
> To get around this I typically telnet to localhost.
> 
> -Stephen-
>

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