when you su use su - root or su -l root
to take on roots environment.
Brian Sweeney wrote:
>
> Hey all-
>
> Quick questions that's been bugging me for some time...if I telnet to a
> machine as a normal user and SU as root, I don't gain any of the root user's
> standard PATH. So when I try to execute programs I have to specify
> /usr/sbin, or /usr/bin, or whatever. I'm using bash.
>
> I know this is one of those things where I'm missing something REALLY basic
> about my understanding of environment variables, so I'm figuring someone out
> there's got an answer that'll make me say "DOH! Right. That makes sense."
>
> Anyone?
>
> -Brian
>
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