It is not a big issue, but a) the alias's in my .profile get lost after doing a "su"
b) I like to see a different command prompt to remind me I'm still in su mode: /home/user8 ---> su - /home/root ===> c) the environment (paths, etc) for running in su mode may be different. Admin utilities may not have permissions to run outside of su, but why have them in your path if you aren't going to run them. Someone pm'd me with a solution, so it is possible... -- Donald J. [email protected] > > Why do you do a "su -" instead of simply "su"? > > I consider the dash option to be useful only when switching to another > identity as in "su - another.userid". You're changing the MVS userid as > well as the UNIX uid, so it is sensible to also setup the shell > environment to lokk as if you had logged in with that userid. > -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Does exactly what it says on the tin ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
