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Re: [MiNT] su nick
- To: MiNT mailing list <mint@fishpool.com>
- Subject: Re: [MiNT] su nick
- From: Tomas Berndtsson <tomas@nocrew.org>
- Date: 08 Feb 1999 18:04:21 +0100
- In-reply-to: kellis's message of "Sun, 7 Feb 1999 17:47:44 +0000"
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.05.9902071746080.205-100000@207.98.198.246>
- Sender: owner-mint@fishpool.com
kellis <kellis@leading.net> writes:
> Hi, when I start su kellis (from root) in toswinII
> It will always put me into /usr/bin.
> So everytime I have to enter: cd
>
> Is there any reason for it to not interpret $HOME?
> Is that a bug or a feature?
if you use "su - kellis" it will start the shell as a login shell,
i.e. as if you did a normal login as kellis. At least this is the
normal behaviour in Un*x.
Tomas - tomas[@.]nocrew.org