On 19/06/17 16:37, Anton Aylward wrote:
On 19/06/17 05:47 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Running just "su" alone meremly changes your effective UID. By default, it is to root, but could to to another user. It does not alter HOME, SHELL, USER, LOGNAME, and PATH. That last one is important. A real root shell expects to have /sbin & /usr/sbin in the PATH HOME is also very important.
The home is not changed, so that files you write being root (or another user) are written in the user's home. It can thus happen that config files of the user become inaccessible to the user.
that is a very, very good point, Carlos. "Unwanted Side Effects".
That could actually explain what is happening to me :-) konsole spots that the config file was saved by root, and asks for the root password so it can read it! I'd be a little surprised if it's that clever, but it does make sense... Cheers, Wol -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org