As a recent Debian convert (from Red Hat) I am finding myself a bit disoriented at times... my latest question concerns su and paths. When I su to root my path does not end up being what I expect it too and I can't figure out exactly what is setting it. I have edited /etc/login.defs to be certain that _that_ is not what is doing it. Here are the details:
su to root path in login.defs: /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:~/bin: however when I su to root I get a path like this... /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin I am not modifying the path in any environment files such as .bash_profile -- what is resetting my path?? Of course, when I use su - or su -l the path is fine (actually, it is the normal full path I set for root) but then the shell has no knowledge of the value of DISPLAY. It is a pain to have to set the DISPLAY variable each time I want to run an X program... Please help... Thanks! Tim -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
