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Old 11-16-2005, 07:50 AM   #1
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su - and stay in current dir

Hello,

I have a small question involving the switch user command. If I was in /here and did su -. How could I stay /here with out going to roots ~ ? Thank you.
 
Old 11-16-2005, 08:06 AM   #2
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Code:
su
without the -. This way it won't load root's enviroment and it won't redirect you to root's home directory
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Old 11-16-2005, 08:08 AM   #3
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