pk wrote: > ubiquitous1980 wrote: > >> If I have logged in through sudo such as $ sudo su, when I then use man >> pages, they are covered in "ESC". This does not occur when using normal >> user accounts or the root account through su. Wondering what is going >> on. Thanks. >> > > Q: Have you tried "... su -" (the dash is important since it will read > the environment for root login otherwise the environment will be the > same as for current user). > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2006/07/msg00059.html > > Best regards > > Peter K > > With "sudo su - " the man pages do not have ESC throughout. I have learned sudo su from my ubuntu days and I am only guessing that this is bad practice and that the correct command is $ sudo su -
Thanks Damien
