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Date:      Wed, 5 Jan 2000 14:50:50 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Mr. K." <bsd@inbox.org>
To:        Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: window manager question
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.1000105144937.15193B-100000@inbox.org>
In-Reply-To: <200001051806.TAA36854@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>

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> For the above reasons (and because of "good practice"), I never
> change root's login shell.  Instead, I use ``su -m'' (as a
> normal user) to become root, which causes my root shell to be
> the same as my normal user shell (which happens to be zsh).
> In fact, my ``su'' is an alias for ``su -m''.
> 
I just tried the su -m thing, and the strangest thing happened when I
typed "pine", I got all my user messages, plus all the root messages
combined.  Is there any way to avoid this, or should I make sure I only
check mail when doing a normal su?



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