Re: [opensuse] GTK tool ?

On 2010-08-31 07:53, Bob S wrote:
On Monday 30 August 2010 23:14:07 Carlos E. R. wrote:

Hello Carlos,

Hello, hello :-)


Jumping in here on your reply to Felix.

And it works for you alright, I see in the photo you posted.

I assume the OP is using "su -" to call it? "su" will not work correctly.

Now, you need to explain to me why "su" will not work while "su -" will.
As far as I can see "su -" only drops you down into the very lowest primary
directory as a "cd /" would. (which I always do before any command I make as
the root user)

Because with a plain "su" you inherit the environment of the user you came from, whereas with the
dash root gets his own environment.

Things like $HOME, for instance, and I guess that it may try to use the previous user gnome
environment, which he can't (denied), so the effects you see.

It is a guess. Educated, though. :-)

--
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Elessar))

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