[sllug-members]: Environment/Path help

[Marc Christensen]

weales at xmission.com wrote:
> Ok, I've been using *nix for over six years (and I feel like a total 
> n00b for asking this question), but I need to know how to "source" my 
> root user environment variables ($PATH) after I su.
> 
> I ssh into systems as a non-root user and then su.
> How can I easily "source" my root environment?

Hi Ron,

if you switch users using 'su -' rather than 'su', you should get the 
new user's environment.

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Marc Christensen
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