Running as Root

[Kenneth]

--- Bryan O'Neal <BONeal at cornerstonehome.com> wrote:

> Ok, can some one tell me why when I log in as root I can run ifconfig
> but when I log in as user and su to root I can not run ifconfig?  I have
> a similar issue with snort and a few other apps.  I want to stop running
> as root when I am messing with my test box, but FC6 is making it
> difficult.

If you Change to su with no options, it leaves you with most of the
environment variables you had as the user.  Specifically, /sbin is probably
not in your PATH.

I seem to remember typing "su -" instead of just "su" in these situations, to
cause the new shell to have a more "normal" environment for the root user,
but the man page for su on this systems doesn't show that option, so it may
not be the best way to do it.


> Also, why is it when I log in as root and run synergys I can move my
> mouse freely across all my screens, but why it runs as itself (init'ed)
> or as some other user I am locked to the FC screen when a menu is down,
> or beryl is doing it's preview thing, etc.  I want synergys to work as
> well as it does when root but without having to log in as root.

I don't understand the question, can't help here.

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