* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [06-17-17 23:57]:
On 18/06/17 13:41, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
* Basil Chupin <blchupin@iinet.net.au> [06-17-17 23:38]:
On 18/06/17 11:42, Anton Aylward wrote:
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Doing a 'su" or a "su -" in an existing shell won't give you a new tab. Bearing in mind that there is a difference between "su" and "su -" when used.
"su" will only give root privileges for the task you are doing while "su -" give you full root privileges for the whole system. no, su and "su -" give same system wide perms but "su -" gives you roots normal environment, ie: environment variables such as editor, ...
Oh OK, but clarification please: what is meant by "as editor" -- what editor?
ah, we are talking about environment variables. the system default editor that is opened by other apps such as cron. start from a commandline and enter: env <enter> and see -- (paka)Patrick Shanahan Plainfield, Indiana, USA @ptilopteri http://en.opensuse.org openSUSE Community Member facebook/ptilopteri Registered Linux User #207535 @ http://linuxcounter.net Photos: http://wahoo.no-ip.org/piwigo paka @ IRCnet freenode -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org