On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 09:39 -0500, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have an F-16 computer that was working normally a couple of > days ago when run this morning has an unusual [to me] problem. > > When I su and type in the root password form the XCFE desktop it > spends about 20 seconds before displaying a prompt and then > instead of: > > [bobg@box6 ~]$ su > Password: > [root@box6 bobg]# exit > > > I get a prompt: bash-4.2# > > If instead of bringing up the desktop with startx I "su" it > changes to root quickly after entering the password, also with > the prompt "bash-4.2#." > > Other than that it apparently works? But obviously something has > changed and I can't guess what? > > Bob > > > >
I am not sure what you really want to do, but if you want to become root you need to execute su - not su. -- ======================================================================= A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. -- Seneca ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akons...@sbcglobal.net -- 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 Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
