[Novalug] su, su - , etc (was time off by an hour)

[Russell Evans]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 12:42:11 -0800 (PST)
"Beartooth" <karhunhammas at Lserv.com> wrote:

> 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.
> 

This can probably explain better than what can be supplied in an email, 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environment_variable


Thank you
Russell