From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">


> Doing a su is not really logging in as root.  Doing a su - _is_ really
logging
> on as root.  The '-' makes a huge difference.
>

Yup:

[adamf{at}www ~]$ pwd
/home/adamf
[adamf{at}www ~]$ su
Password:
[root{at}www adamf]# pwd
/home/adamf
[root{at}www adamf]# exit
exit
[adamf{at}www ~]$ su -
Password:
[root{at}www ~]# pwd
/root
[root{at}www ~]#



Adam

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