On Wed, Jul 02, 2014 at 09:14:17AM +0200, Rocky Hotas wrote: > Hi everybody! > In order to install new pagkages with pkgsrc it is necessary to set the > environment variables PATH and PKG_PATH. > This can be done for root, which have the needed permissions to install new > packages. > With a common user and the command su it can be still possible to have the > necessary permissions, but the variable PATH and PKG_PATH are not set. > So, I would like to ask two question: > - which is in such cases the best approach? To set PATH and PKG_PATH in > /etc/profile for all users or to mantain the actual configuration? > - Is there a way to completely switch the user and its environment variables? > Thanks!
Try 'su -' The '-' should inherit the environment. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
