On Jul 15, 2015, at 5:29 PM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:
On 07/15/15 12:24, Greg Troxel wrote:
"William A. Mahaffey III" <w...@hiwaay.net> writes:
Following recommendations I now login to root by su, rather than
directly at the console. When I do, none of my aliases get set &
filename completion using the tab key doesn't work.
man su, see -m
install and then man sudo, see -E
I use "sudo -E $(SHELL)", more or less, to get a shell that's just
like
mine, but with uid 0.
I think this has to be a typo, command substitution is not warranted
$SHELL or ${SHELL} is what's meant, also I think, you just try '-l'
w/ su , or "sue tack el". and not "Install, [and configure], and then
man sudo "
You're the only admin for this system? Sudo would have use your user
login password to get root, not root's password.
Also, I'd recommend against "su -m" "leaving environment unchanged."
I'd say remember that exists, to rescue a broken .profile etc, but avoid
habitual use, and just change the directory, after becoming root.
You want your profile read, right? Not changes to PATH, etc done at
command line?