> From [email protected] Mon May 28 20:22:58 2012 > Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 19:17:38 -0600 > From: Gary Aitken <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: removing /var/empty on a non-system disk > > On 05/28/12 15:08, Robert Bonomi wrote: > > > I'm going to guess that you did 'su root', not 'su - root'. The two > > commands are *NOT* identical. 'su root' does not run the root 'login' > > scripts; thus environment variables (including path, user, logname etc.) > > are *not* set as they are on root login -- this causes some 'am i root' > > tests to fail. OTOH, 'su - root' should be equivalent to a root login > > in all respects. > > Thank you. That explains a number of problems I've been having. doh.
To misquote Mae West: "When confronted with the choice between two mistakes, I try to choose the one I haven't made before." I've been doing this kind of stuff long enough that, under that philosophy, I've seen things that hardly anybody else has ever experienced. Luckily, at least for me, I _do_ remember virtually all the mistakes I've made. <wry grin> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
