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Tue Jun 4 12:17:20 MDT 2013

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       -      make this a login shell

Nate

On Wed, 2002-08-21 at 18:50, D. Stimits wrote:
> Richard Fifarek wrote:
> > On Thu, 22 Aug 2002, j davis wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>So maybe if someone could tell me how to get roots $PATH when i
> >>su...thats proably my biggest beef.
> > 
> > 
> > 	Use "su -".  It'll act as if you logged in as root.	
> 
> FYI, the "-" is specific to root, it is a shortcut to "-l root". The 
> "-l" argument means login shell, not just the partial assumption of ID. 
> Equivalent to "su -" is "su -l root".
> 
> D. Stimits, stimits AT attbi.com
> 
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