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difference between su - and su

SnappingTurtle answered on May 30, 2021 Popularity 6/10 Helpfulness 3/10

answer difference between su - and su

difference between su - and su

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su - logs you in completely as root, whereas su makes it so you are pretending to be root. The most obvious example of this is that ~ is root's home directory if you use su - , but your own home directory if you use su . Depending on your system, it may also mean differences in prompt, PATH , or history file.

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