Bug 161006

Summary:	useful alias su='su -' in .bashrc
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Piotr Pelzowski <patpi>
Component:	distribution	Assignee:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX	QA Contact:	Bill Nottingham <notting>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	4	CC:	gajownik, rvokal
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Description Piotr Pelzowski 2005-06-19 17:55:02 UTC

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Description of problem:
Is it possible to add in FC5 to .bashrc new alias? " alias su='su -' ". It would be helpful for many "newbies" They mostly don't now difference between "su" and "su -" and it is often a reason of misunderstanding. -> "It don't work for me! HELP!!"

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How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
login with su or su -

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Comment 1 Piotr Pelzowski 2005-06-19 18:48:20 UTC

*** Bug 161007 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2005-06-20 16:38:22 UTC

I'd rather not - it's not as useful for someone to have to undefine it if they
actually just want 'su' (for just running commands and similar uses.)