[Novalug] su, su - , etc (was time off by an hour)

Beartooth karhunhammas@Lserv.com
Fri Feb 2 11:46:39 EST 2007


On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, donjr wrote:

> On Thu, 2007-02-01 at 12:42 -0800, Beartooth wrote:
[...]
>>  	OK -- and what, besides the directory you're in, is the 
>> technical meaning of "environment"? It's not a term I had even 
>> heard of.
>
> You might try the command:
>   apropos environment

 	Wow!

> Which came up on my system with a number of hints. Some of 
> which where:
>
>  man 7 environ
>    The variable environ points to an array of strings called 
> the ?environment?. ....
>
>  man env
>      env - run a program in a modified environment
>
>  man su
>    su is used to become another user during a login session. Invoked
>    without a username, su defaults to becoming the super user. The
>    optional argument - may be used to provide an environment similar to
>    what the user would expect had the user logged in directly.
>
> In other words:
>  The 'environment? is the entire current picture for that user 
> at that given movent.

 	I think I'm starting to get it. Many thanks!

-- 
Beartooth Staffwright, PhD, Neo-Redneck Linux Convert
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