From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 24 14:42:02 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id OAA23994 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from veda.is (root@ubiq.veda.is [193.4.230.60]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA23986 for ; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 14:41:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from adam@localhost) by veda.is (8.8.2/8.7.3) id VAA04141; Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:41:31 GMT Date: Thu, 24 Oct 1996 21:41:31 GMT From: Adam David Message-Id: <199610242141.VAA04141@veda.is> To: sue@welearn.COM.AU (Sue Blake) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: When is a root not a root? Newsgroups: list.freebsd.questions References: <199610201644.CAA24868@mail.zip.com.au> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #2 (NOV) Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >OK, so I'm supposed to use su instead of logging on as root. >That makes sense. >But tell me, what am I supposed to be able to do after su? >It seems that if I want to do any real work, su is no good. >I can move to any directory and fiddle with files, but I can't mount >or do a whole lot of other things, so what's the point? >Is there a guide, or a list of what can be done after su and what >requires a root login? Try 'su -' if you want to get the full startup environment, almost equivalent to an actual root login. -- Adam David