[lug] rotating logs
dan@radom.org
graffix at radom.org
Sun Sep 24 13:38:01 MDT 2000
Doesn't anyone every use sudo anymore? I can't live without it!
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2000 at 12:16:29PM -0600, John Starkey wrote:
> >So how do I find out what commands are available to su root?? And I did
> >just look at the man su page. And I tried su -m to see if by retaining the
> >env variables I could use root commands.
>
> I presume you are talking about the commands which reside in /usr/sbin and
> /sbin? Things like ifconfig, useradd, route, mtr... /sbin and /usr/sbin
> contain programs which are largely meant for the system administrator,
> and often require root privelages to run. However, there are some programs
> in there that it's nice to run as a regular user (ifconfig and route
> without any options, mtr, etc).
>
> I put ":/usr/sbin:/sbin" at the end of my PATH, so I don't constantly have
> to be adding a prefix to some of the commands I do regularly.
>
> As far as su, unless you use the "-" option, it keeps your current environment.
> This means that if you log in as yourself and su to root, you don't get
> /sbin and /usr/sbin in your path, even though you're root. If you log in
> directly as root, you do. "su -" acts like you've logged in as that user,
> so you should get the typical root PATH and other settings.
>
> With /sbin:/usr/sbin in my path, I don't ever need to do "su -" to get to
> root. I often use it when switching to another user though.
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