You can use "su - john" instead of "su john" + "source ~/.profile"...
Without the dash, the environment is not changed completely (no .profile re-read). Only the $USER and $HOME variables are changed, whereas with the dash, a complete user change takes place, and that includes source'ng the .profile. An easy way to notice the difference: # cd / ; su john $ pwd versus # cd / ; su - john $ pwd Leo ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyler Godfrey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Solaris-Users mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 14:06 Subject: Re: [Solaris-Users] Default permissions in a directory --- Richard Crawford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm afraid that this didn't work either. I performed all of the > commands > below, then did the following: > > # su john > # source ~/.profile > # touch zzzztestfile > # ls -l zzzztestfile > > What I saw was: > > -rwxr--r-- 1 john staff 152 Jul 30 08:14 zzzztestfile This tells me something is still wrong with umask. Try this: # su john # umask 002 # touch foo.bar # ls -l foo.bar Are the permissions still wrong? If not, I'd try logging in as 'john' (not just su'ing) and trying it again. If so, try (as john) $ umask $ umask 002 $ umask If there is a difference between the first and third execution of umask, then it is not being set during login. Another place you can look is /etc/profile. This should be source by all logins, and there may be a global umask setting there. Whichever 'umask' command is run last during login will be in force. -Tyler ===== -- Tyler Godfrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
