On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 11:15, Steven J Lamb wrote: > 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 Use a - (dash) after the su command: su - This will use roots environment. Same applies if you su to another user: su - steven