Bug#69090: strange su / which / apt behaviour
On Sun 13 Aug 2000, Jens Taprogge wrote:
> > > > $ su
> > > > # which ldconfig
> > > > # echo $PATH
> > > > /usr/local/sbin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/local/linux/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
>
> Using "su -" fixes my problem.
>
> On the other hand on most machines I do not need to use "-".
Do you have differing /etc/login.defs on the different machines?
Maybe /etc/bash.bashrc or /.bashrc ?
> I do export the $PATH. I also source .bashrc in .bash_profile. And: for example
.bash_profile isn't read with "su", only with "su -".
> "strace ldconfig" works when su'ed without "-". So does "sudo which adduser".
This is extra wierd...
Paul Slootman
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