[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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