Alan Bartlett wrote: > > As someone who was used to all users having the same search-path (I'm going > back 25 or so years), when I first came across the use of a separate path > for the super-user I asked the question "Why?". I have long since answered > that question and support the concept. (An aside, can anyone tell me why one > of the original grep flags, -y, was changed to -i ?) > > Perhaps what also needs to be said is that "su <user>" gives the current > user the identity of <user> whilst "su - <user>" gives the current user the > identity of <user> *along with* <user>'s environment that would normally be > obtained by logging in as <user>. > > I probably haven't expressed the above very well. Looking in my old Unix > System V manuals for the su command, I read "An initial - flag causes the > environment to be changed to the one that would be expected if the user > actually logged in again." > Your explanation is fine, and probably better than mine :) > Perhaps a mention of sudo and sudoers could also be made? > > Alan. > Good idea - I'll leave that for someone else to add once Ralph/someone gives me an indication where the page should sit. Thanks for the feedback Alan :)