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Re: Debian's root path



> 
> Go RTFM.  man su he say:
> 
> The current environment is passed to the new shell.  The value of
> $PATH is reset to /bin:/usr/bin for normal users, or
> /sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin for the super user.  This may be changed
> with the ENV_PATH and ENV_SUPATH definitions in /etc/login.defs. When
> using the -m or -p options, the users environment is not changed.
> 

ah, that explains it, thanks - I did skim through the man of
of su, but was using my Redhat machine.  The su page of RH is 
totally different from Debian. 


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