On 23/06/2017 13:47, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Dave Plater <dplater.list@gmail.com> [06-23-17 03:06]:
On 22/06/2017 17:38, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
no, "-p" does not get you a login shell for root! It does for me, full root privileges.
do in konsole: su -p env |sort > env.p.txt ls -la ./env* exit su - env |sort > env.w.txt ls -la ./env*
do you see both of the files you just generated? were the files the same size
su -p ls -la ./env*
do you see both of the files you just generated
is root's environment different between the two access methods? can you even see each others files even thou they have the same permissions?
The environments are all different in each flavor of su but in any of them you have root privileges and you are able to alter that environment because you have permissions to do so. Dave P -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org