[CentOS] su path hard coded?
Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
Mon Jul 23 19:33:17 UTC 2012
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.
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Les Mikesell
lesmikesell at gmail.com
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