Fwd: Another reason to prefer a real root over sudo

[Rashkae]

Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, Rashkae wrote:
> 
>> No, not a bug, but exactly what you asked for with that combination of
>> options.
> 
>    no. cf "man su"
>    ==============================================================
>     -, -l, --login
>             Provide an environment similar to what the user would expect had the user logged in
>             directly.
> 
>      -m, -p, --preserve-environment
>             Preserve the current environment.
>    ==============================================================
> 
> 
>    so, the 2 options seem contradictory, but actually, -p doesn't preserve variables
>    that are set by any login script (.profile, ...)
> 


No, but -p preservers $HOME,  and your login scripts, as per the bash
man page, are:

~/.bash_profile, ~/.bash_login,  or  ~/.profile.

~, by the way, is a shortcut for $HOME
You see the problem now?