Re: Minor setup issues

[Dan LaBell <dan4l-nospam%verizon.net@localhost>]

On Jul 15, 2015, at 5:29 PM, William A. Mahaffey III wrote:

> On 07/15/15 12:24, Greg Troxel wrote:
> > "William A. Mahaffey III" <wam%hiwaay.net@localhost> writes:
> >
> > > Following recommendations I now login to root by su, rather than
> > > directly at the console. When I do, none of my aliases get set &
> > > filename completion using the tab key doesn't work.
> > man su, see -m
> >
> > install and then man sudo, see -E
> >
> > I use "sudo -E $(SHELL)", more or less, to get a shell that's just  
> > like
> > mine, but with uid 0.
I think this has to be a typo, command substitution is not warranted
$SHELL or ${SHELL} is what's meant, also I think, you just try '-l'
w/ su , or "sue tack el".  and not  "Install, [and configure], and then
man sudo "
You're the only admin for this system?  Sudo would have use your user  
login password to get root, not root's password.

Also, I'd recommend against "su -m" "leaving environment unchanged."  
I'd say remember that exists, to rescue a broken .profile etc, but avoid
habitual use, and just change the directory, after becoming root.
You want your profile read, right?  Not changes to PATH, etc  done at  
command line?