[Novalug] su, su - , etc (was time off by an hour)
Beartooth
karhunhammas at Lserv.com
Thu Feb 1 15:42:11 EST 2007
On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Ken Kauffman wrote:
> "su" simply changes user name.
> "su -" calls up the environment related scripts and such.
OK -- and what, besides the directory you're in, is the
technical meaning of "environment"? It's not a term I had even
heard of.
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Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
What do they know of country, who only country know?
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