no root passwd debian

[Scott Allen]

On Wed Nov 21,2007 09:57:33 AM Brandon Sandrowicz wrote:
> Heh.  I've always been under the impression that it was
> 'single user' because when you were logged in as that
> user it was different than when you 'actually' logged
> in (through gdm,xdm,etc or a VT).

If you want su to provide the same environment as when you "actually" 
log in, use the "-" switch.

For root:
su -

For other users:
su - <username>


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