Re: automatic root shell initialization

[nori heikkinen <nori@sccs.swarthmore.edu>]

on Tue, 24 Jun 2003 01:36:18PM -0400, Derrick 'dman' Hudson insinuated:
> On the ("new") debian server at work, my boss wants bash to be in
> 'emacs' mode when he su's to root.  I work with 'vi' mode, however.
> Is there some way for the .bashrc to recognize whether he su'd to
> root or I did and set the editing mode appropriately?

is there no command-line option you can pass su to tell it which mode
to start up in?  that would be cool ...

(i'm assuming there's not, since it's dman asking ;)

</nori>

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