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

[Eric Richardson <eric@milagrosoft.com>]

Ethan Benson wrote:
> 
> 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..
> 
> im not sure why su resets that, probably some security reason.  i
> would say just export it in /root/.bashrc.  in general you shouldn't
> be root enough for it to matter though.

I think putting the LANG into the root env is a better idea than
preserving the env from a normal user. You could also set it manually
once the su is complete. If you want the root env you should login 

su -

which should source the env file and put you in the /root directory.

Eric :-)