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Re: Couple questions



Sean, please wrap your lines at <76 characters, to allow for quoting.

On Mon, May 15, 2000 at 03:36:02PM -0700, Sean 'Shaleh' Perry wrote:
> 
> On 15-May-2000 Cameron Matheson wrote:
> > Hey,
> > 
> > I have two questions:
> > 
> > What's the difference between typing 'su', and 'su root'?
> 
> nothing, however there is a difference between 'su user' and 'su -
> user'.  When the dash is used, it means to run that user's

Note that the particular su that you use may be different (e.g. i've
seen '-l' used instead of '-'). Check the manpage.

> > Are their any noticable differences between the 2.2.14 kernel and
> > 2.2.15?

A fix for a secutiry hole, for one. I'd upgrade.


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