What is the difference between su and su -

royeo · 09-20-2006, 12:33 PM

I'm often in a terminal and need to be in super user mode. I used to just enter "su" but now I use "su -". I figure I can't lose by having too much but I just don't know. Are there times when you shouldn't use "su -"?

Thanks,

royeo

w3bd3vil · 09-20-2006, 12:46 PM

nice question, even I wanted to know the diff.
here is what I found
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=303999

jstephens84 · 09-20-2006, 03:01 PM

su - turns you into root while su just gives you the privileges.