su not the same as login

[aaron hirsch]

>I know this is most likely a newbie question, however, I have noticed
that the env that I have after su is not the same as if I have logged in
as >root. how would I fix that

 

[aaron hirsch] 

 

To take on the entire environment you need to use the - .  i.e. su - foo
will give you foo's profile/env...su foo will make you foo, but you will
still have your profile/env

 




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