OK I think you need to read previous posts on this. I’m not looking for any other command. > On May 14, 2019, at 5:10 AM, John Hodrien <J.H.Hodrien at leeds.ac.uk> wrote: > > You misunderstand. su behaves the same when switching to root as to any other account. > > su - > > is probably the command you're looking for. Cheers, Bee