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pk wrote: |
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> ubiquitous1980 wrote: |
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>> If I have logged in through sudo such as $ sudo su, when I then use man |
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>> pages, they are covered in "ESC". This does not occur when using normal |
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>> user accounts or the root account through su. Wondering what is going |
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>> on. Thanks. |
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> Q: Have you tried "... su -" (the dash is important since it will read |
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> the environment for root login otherwise the environment will be the |
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> same as for current user). |
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> http://lists.debian.org/debian-security/2006/07/msg00059.html |
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> Best regards |
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> Peter K |
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With "sudo su - " the man pages do not have ESC throughout. I have |
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learned sudo su from my ubuntu days and I am only guessing that this is |
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bad practice and that the correct command is $ sudo su - |
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Thanks |
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Damien |