Why use "su -" rather than "su"

[|TF20|Shockwave]

> >Hmm. So I give up my regular editor in return for not having to type
/sbin/
>
> "gedit &" works for me, whether I'm root or not.  I expect that something
> similar would work for you.

You could always just put your regular editor in a directory that is in
everyone's PATH.  That way you could switch to root from your normal user
account, have root's environment and permissions, and not have to sacrifice
anything.


Shockwave