Date: Sun, 13 Aug 2000 17:24:14 +0000 (GMT) From: Janko van Roosmalen <janko@compuserve.com> To: Ben Smithurst <ben@freebsd.org> Cc: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE and Exim Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10008131718480.563-100000@parmenides.utp.net> In-Reply-To: <20000813135351.T48327@strontium.scientia.demon.co.uk>
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On Sun, 13 Aug 2000, Ben Smithurst wrote: > > Janko van Roosmalen wrote: > > > > > There is a difference between "su" and "su -". > > > > If you execute "su" you do not get roots environment, a "su -" will do > > this. > > Try the following command sequence and you will see the difference: > > > > echo $PATH > > su > > echo $PATH > > exit > > su - > > echo $PATH > > And this has, what, precisely, to do with the problem at hand? > > -- > Ben Smithurst / ben@FreeBSD.org / PGP: 0x99392F7D > FreeBSD Documentation Project / > Siegbert thought that the problem was not being root. I just wanted to point out that in that case he needed a "su -" instead of a "su". Janko To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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