I had a similar problem with switching to the root user and not getting all of root's path variables added to my environment. my instructor said to use this command:
su - root And it worked like a charm. Apparently it loads you into a new shell exactly like you just logged in as the user. All your old paths will be unavailable but all of root's paths will be part of the environment. hope this helps Aaron --- Naitik Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > One possibility might be the fact that when you su, > I believe .bashrc gets executed, and .bash_profile > does not, as it isn't a login shell. Whereas when > you login (or alternatively do: su -c "bash --login" > ) .bash_profile gets run. So depending on the paths > each of these set, your path could possibly vary in > a login / non-login shell. > > Naitik. > > On Sat, 04 Oct 2003 08:56:49 +0200 > Neo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-10-03 at 21:20, Steve Doerr wrote: > > > I'm confused about root's bash profile. In vt1, > the directories /sbin & > > > /usr/local/sbin are excluded from the path. If > I su to root within > > > Gnome or KDE in a terminal they are there. > > > > > > I'm not sure why there isn't a common bash > profile for root in vt1 vs. > > > vt7. Where would the two be located? Within > vt1, will > > > PATH=/dir1:/dir2:/diretc/:$PATH add it > permanently? > > > > > > Thanks for any input, > > > Steve > > > > > > > Hi Steve, > > > > if you find out, I would like to know too! Tanks. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Jan. > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
