[CentOS-docs] becoming root

[Ned Slider]

Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> Ned Slider wrote:
>> Any suggestions as to where might be an appropriate home for this on the 
>> Wiki?
> 
> I think TipsAndTricks is appropriate for that, maybe under "Admin Tricks
> and shell one-liners"? I don't see it under "HowTo" ...
> 
> 
>> su
>>
>> or
>>
>> su -
>>
>> but the above are NOT the same thing.
> 
> ... but the two commands above behave differently.
> 
>> When you become root by using 'su -', you also adopt root's PATH whereas 
>> using just 'su' retains the original users PATH, hence why becoming root 
>> using just 'su' and trying to run a command located in /usr/local/sbin, 
>> /usr/sbin, or /sbin results in a 'command not found' error.
> 
> Please mention the bash manual page (and the section about login
> shells), where this behaviour is explained in more detail.
> 
> Otherwise: Go ahead.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ralph
> 

Thanks Ralph, will try and get something up later this week.

Ned