Re: Define "logged in as ROOT"

From: Bob Booth - CITES (booth_at_UIUC.EDU)
Date: 01/31/05

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    Date:         Mon, 31 Jan 2005 13:52:14 -0600
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 12:56:01PM -0600, Rugen, Len wrote:
    > What does it REALLY mean....
    >
    > If I login as myself, then su to root (no -), is that good enough?

    You will have root privs, but not roots environment. Some operations may need
    special variables set, etc. If you use the '-' you will effectively become
    the real root user. su'ing to root without the '-' is useful for some quick
    root operations, such as changing ownerships, blowing away files... Not
    always good for running some application command scripts.

    bob

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