topic Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile in Operating System - HP-UX

How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

Tim O'Connell — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 10:54:12 GMT

I'm on HPUX11. When I su from an ordinary user to become root (su, ENTER, password,ENTER) , it doesn't appear to run /etc/profile. I have some aliases set up there which don't appear to get run. Is ther a way of getting su to look at /etc/profile , root's profile or a profile of its own so than I can enable these aliases. This isn't vital - just handy for me in admin.

Thanks,

Tim

Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

Steven E. Protter — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:01:09 GMT

You dont

Change su username

to

su - username

That will read /etc/profile $HOME/.profile and anything referenced therein.

SEP

Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

RAC_1 — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:01:14 GMT

you need "su - user_name"
man su for details.

Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

Rajeev Tyagi — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:03:35 GMT

To run /etc/profile and root's profile you have to use
#su -

Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

Patrick Wallek — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:11:04 GMT

# man su

Will give you all the detail you need.

In a nutshell:

If you specify the '-' (su - ) then su treats the new user as if you just logged in and all environments get processed.

If you don't specify the '-' then a subshell of you current shell is invoked and nothing gets read.

Re: How do I get su command to look at /etc/profile

Tim O'Connell — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 11:46:13 GMT

Many thanks,

Points awarded.

Tim