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Re: su

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On Tue, 5 Sep 2023 23:41:45 -0400
Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> wrote:

> To perform that installation, you run "su", which gives you a root
> shell, and then you do something like "make install".
> 
> But the Red Hat answer says you should use "su -" instead, to become
> root. What happens now?  You've created a login shell.  Now you're no
> longer in the directory where your source code was extracted and
> compiled. You're in root's $HOME directory.  So "make install" fails.
> 
> You could use a "cd" command to get to the source code.  But "cd -"
> won't work, because the previous working directory is not known to
> the root login shell.  The root login shell has intentionally
> discarded everything from your previous shell, including the old
> working directory's name. So you can't "cd -", but instead, you have
> to re-type the entire path to the source code directory.  Or copy and
> paste it out of your shell prompt, if that's still visible on the
> screen, and if it happens to contain the entire path.
> 
> Wouldn't it be *nicer* if su simply WORKED?!
> 
> You can make su work by creating a ONE-LINE CONFIGURATION FILE.

Thank you Greg
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