Re: I can not su to root on my Sun Solaris 9 (SPARC) box, even with the correct password

From: Alan Coopersmith (alanc_at_alum.calberkeley.org)
Date: 12/30/03


Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 19:30:15 +0000 (UTC)

wmreinemer@tns.net (Walt R) writes in comp.unix.solaris:
| > Mon Dec 29 18:28:28 #su -
|
|I am not familiar with Solaris, but is "-" another name for root?

No, it's the standard Unix su argument to have su completely initialize
the environment as the user being switched to.

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