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joe.henderson1

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Registered: 2005-04-17

Posts: 13

su.. looks and feels...

All,

I have a personal preference for the su actions..

When I enter "su" from a user and then "cd".. I goto roots homedir..

Why can't "cd" goto that users homedir and not root..

I see "su -" also has the same effect (of course you take roots perms)...

TIA,

Joe

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Re: su.. looks and feels...

When I enter "su" from a user and then "cd".. I goto roots homedir..
Why can't "cd" goto that users homedir and not root..

Because after you su, you ARE root.
Take a look at something like sudo if you need to run a command as root.

*puts on security hat*  You shouldn't really be running around your system as root much anyway.

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miqorz

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Registered: 2004-12-31

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Re: su.. looks and feels...

I use sudo for everything unless I NEED to be in an extended period as root (which is rare).

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Victor

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Registered: 2005-01-27

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Re: su.. looks and feels...

All,

I have a personal preference for the su actions..

When I enter "su" from a user and then "cd".. I goto roots homedir..

Why can't "cd" goto that users homedir and not root..

I see "su -" also has the same effect (of course you take roots perms)...

TIA,

Joe

try su -m instead

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joe.henderson1

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Registered: 2005-04-17

Posts: 13

Re: su.. looks and feels...

Thanks all for the quick turn around...

Victor... Works great thanks..

Some of my perl scripts only work *as designed* when you are root...

As yes i know it's not a good idea running around as root.. I've experienced
some of the reasons why you shouldn't... :shock:

Thanks all for the help...

Joe