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Re: su to root won't use the $LANG.. why?



On Thu, Jan 04, 2001 at 04:26:53PM +0100, Kent Nyberg wrote:
> When i su to root, then root wont use the LANG variable.
> Well.. the LANG isn't passed on from the normal user..
> How could i make it so that su will use that..  
> 
> Sorry.. i cant describe it better, hope you understand!

from "man su"

       -m, -p, --preserve-environment
              do not reset environment variables,  and  keep  the
              same shell


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