`su -`gives root's $PATH and environment variables. `su` (no hyphen!) gives root permissions but inherits $PATH and environment variables.
You might want to give the latter a go. On Sep 13, 2011 10:09 AM, "mcforum" <mcfo...@bellsouth.net> wrote: >> As with most things, it's easy when you know the tricks. I hope these >>teething troubles don't discourage you. > > Teething Troubles--It's like climbing up a sand dune. This protecting me from > myself is getting terribly frustrating. I want to do work not continually chase > the user interface. I was happy with fvwm but it has become moribund. > > > KDE3 worked fine but KDE4 is awful. I switched to GNOME now leaving for xfce4. > > > Along the way the administration of my systems is gone. A terminal session > switched to root with "su -" can't start a program needing the display reliably > no matter which desktop is used. Analogous to kdesu, single programs can be > started with sudo but an xterm started that way cannot start a next level gui > program. Sometimes the DISPLAY variable can be reset and get the "su -" root > session to inherit the display. A real hassle when trying to compile, install > and debug. Even CENTOS is following the pack. > > > Robert McBroom > -- > users mailing list > users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
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