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Re: PATH nfg after su

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On Thu, 22 Oct 2020, Bob Bernstein wrote:

> PATH=/home/bob/bin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/games

I examined su(1) and learned that one solution for me is to 
invoke su with the '-l' argument, which creates a 'login' shell 
in the new env. This sets, for me, the PATH to 
'/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin'

Which is very cool..

Thank you.

-- 
A person of great honour in Ireland (who was pleased to stoop so 
low as to look into my mind) used to tell me that my mind was 
like a conjured spirit, that would do mischief if I did not give 
it employment.
                               Jonathan Swift

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PATH nfg after su Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-23 04:40 +0200
  Re: PATH nfg after su Bob Bernstein <poobah@ruptured-duck.com> - 2020-10-23 05:50 +0200
    Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:10 +0200
    Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:20 +0200
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        Re: PATH nfg after su Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2020-10-23 14:40 +0200
        Re: PATH nfg after su Sven Hartge <sven@svenhartge.de> - 2020-10-23 15:20 +0200
          Re: PATH nfg after su Tixy <tixy@yxit.co.uk> - 2020-10-23 20:00 +0200
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