From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Feb 27 9:24:35 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45F7337B401 for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:24:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from ion.gank.org (ion.gank.org [198.78.66.164]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A058B43F3F for ; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 09:24:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from craig@meoqu.gank.org) Received: from owen1492.uf.corelab.com (nat10343.owentools.com [206.50.138.222]) by ion.gank.org (GankMail) with ESMTP id 7B2002C5A2; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 11:24:32 -0600 (CST) Subject: Re: Mozilla window won't open after upgrade - FIXED From: Craig Boston To: "Brian T. Schellenberger" Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <200302271209.11075.bts@babbleon.org> References: <39332.1046321265@selfstyled.dyndns.org> <20030227100746.GB38464@sr.se> <1046360421.31233.10.camel@owen1492.uf.corelab.com> <200302271209.11075.bts@babbleon.org> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Message-Id: <1046366671.31233.20.camel@owen1492.uf.corelab.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 Date: 27 Feb 2003 11:24:31 -0600 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 11:09, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: > I strongly recommend always using "su -" instead of "su" to switch to > root; it ensures that your "regular" environment doesn't "pollute" your > root environment. Frequently less convenient in the short term but it > saves a lot of aggrevation with issues like this. Good advice. I normally do on non-Kerberized boxes, and wholeheartedly agree with you that an unqualified "su" can cause a lot of trouble. In this case, the problem was that I was using ksu, which doesn't seem to have a comparable option for resetting the environment. I normally "su -" right after using ksu, but forgot to that one time... :) If not used carefully, sudo can also cause the same type of problems. But that's another discussion entirely. Craig To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message