Michiel Broek wrote to Alan Ianson:

MB> AI> > After su do "export LOGNAME=mbse" and then
make install. It seems 
MB> AI> > that some su versions change the LOGNAME variable to root.
MB> AI> 
MB> AI> Indeed that does do the trick. I'm back to debian etch witch I guess 
MB> AI> is current and mbse seems to be running well here now after a few
MB> AI> adjustments. I think I'm in a good place now.. :)
MB> 
MB> Ok, it seems that the check needs improvement.
MB> 
MB> After su, what gives the commands 'who am i' and 'whoami'

who am i gives..

mbse   tty3   2006-06-24 11:12

and whoami gives..

root

There is a -m, -p or --preserve-environment option for su but I don't know
if that would be desirable or not. Running "su -p" might solve the problem.

 Ttyl :-),
         Al

... My computer has a nut loose on the keyboard.

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