Yep, your right. I forgot about using "su" to be another user. Thanks for the correction. gkrueger wrote: > You can type "su", you can type "su - ", or you can type "su root" > (or, for that matter, you can type "su some_user_name" where > some_user_name is another root user). Any of these will work to log you > in as root though only "su -" will log you in as root and change your > working directory to root. > > su is also short for "substitute user". Let's say you have a user named > "bob." You can "su bob" and become "bob" for a little while exiting > back out when you're done with "bob." > > Garrett > > Todd Young wrote: > >> Uhm, my experience has always been to simply type "su" and then the >> root password at the password query. I've never typed "su root". I >> would assume that for most systems, "su" indicates root, as it's short >> for "super user" which is equivalent to root as far as I know. > > > > > > -- Todd Young 7079 Dawn Ave. E. Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076 _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list