Le Jeudi, 5 Février 2004 13.27, fisch a écrit : > I have a problem with su, wich I can't understand. > in /home/myself/.profile I defined TEST001=/tmp > as root I do (1st case): > su - myself > echo $TEST001 > OUTPUT: /tmp > as root I do (2nd case): > su - myself -c "echo $TEST001" > OUTPUT: (empty) > > where is the difference?
it's not a su problem, but a shell problem. $TEST001 is expanded at the time su is executed, and it's undefined at that moment, so your command is really: # su - myself -c "echo" you should escape the $ or use simple quotes instead of double ones, or add the "echo $TEST001" in your .profile if you just want to test id $TEST001 is defined. hth -- mathieu perrenoud -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
