Le Vendredi 31 à 20:27, Fred Condo a écrit : > Use this syntax (both equivalent): > su - root > su -l root > > You do have to specify the user with -l. Perhaps the man page could > clarify that.
I read the first line that says "The su utility requests appropriate user credentials via PAM and switches to that user ID (the default user is the superuser)" as "'su -' and 'su - root' are equivalent". su -l root as the expected behaviour (resetting $LOGNAME to $USER), thanks a lot. > On Oct 31, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Frédéric Perrin wrote: >> As a side question, is it considered bad practice to set root's shell >> and locales to something else than the default ? -- Fred _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
