On Wed, 22 Mar 2006 23:31:34 -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:

> In message <20060323042258.GJ16528@azeotrope.org>, Dave Huang writes:
> >On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 10:08:18PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
> >> In message <57704.127.0.0.1.1143086361.squirrel@www.88thstreet.com>, "radhika" 
> >> writes:
> >> >I tried it and get this message:
> >> >>su root bash
> >> >>Password:
> >> >>sh: Can't open bash
> >> 
> >> Do you have bash installed?
> >
> >Isn't it
> >
> >su root -c bash
> 
> ARGH!
> 
> You are of course correct.  Sort of.  See, the "-c bash" isn't really a
> su argument; it's being passed to the shell.

Another way is using bash for non-root account and doing "su -m"...

--
Mishka.