--- Huy Ton That <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> under my home directory for root under .profile I > added the line: > > EDITOR=pico; export EDITOR > > where no such line existed for EDITOR before; this > line exists in my > personal account that I use and my default for > external launched editors is > now pico such that I can edit crontab stuff easily. > However, when I ssh in > and then su, I try to run crontab only to find it is > still booting into 'vi' > by default. Any ideas how I can get this loaded? > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > yeah, I'm not sure what the switch is for su I think its -w check man, but you have to load your profile for root which is a switch to su. by default it uses the profile of the user running su. the switch loads the profile for the user your su'ing to. -brian _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
