On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 02:33:17PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 2:18 PM, Stephen Harris <lists at spuddy.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 02:14:45PM -0500, Les Mikesell wrote: > >> Can't you use the usual approach of 'su -' to pick up the target > >> user's login environment? > > > > It's "su -" that causes the 'su' comman to rewrite the PATH to the > > hardcoded default. > > > > But it should be executing the target user's .profile which can > override it. '-' should be a synonym for -l or --login. You've missed the point. I want the ability to set the default path on 'su -' to be /bin:/usr/bin and then let the users override if they wish. I do not want the default path to be /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin -- rgds Stephen