* Patrick Shanahan <paka@opensuse.org> [06-23-17 09:06]:
* Dave Plater <dplater.list@gmail.com> [06-23-17 08:28]:
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.
no, they are not. can you see the environment text file generated by "-p" in "su -" or can you see it generated by "-" in "su -p"? I cannot. even the permissions are different althou the displayed file perms are the same.
a prudent statement would be that "su -p" satisfies your needs, not that they provide the same priviledges. and I would agree. -- (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