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Re: Minor setup issues



"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.

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