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Re: [mv] Installing on SuSe Linux




For clarification, that's not just SUSE.

In general, su gives you the **permissions** of the user to whom 
you su and may or may not change your environment (PATH, etc...)

su - will make it a login shell for that user.

cfm

On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 01:06:11PM -0500, Mike Heins wrote:
> Quoting Stefan Poltnigg (sp@tarcon.com):
> > There have been several users complaining about the installation on Suse
> > Linux.
> > Symptoms: Test 5 and 6 fail:
> > 
> > That's the case when you log in your system as user foo and make a su to
> > root.
> > 
> > Simply make a "su -" and all will work fine!
> 
> This is very useful information. I will credit you in the FAQ. 8-)
> Thanks!
> 
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