I think you'll find using sudo is far nicer than su -.

On Sat, 28 Mar 1998, Roger Fischer wrote:

> Date: Sat, 28 Mar 1998 10:28:42 -0800
> From: Roger Fischer <roger@badger1.net>
> To: port-mac68k@NetBSD.ORG
> Subject: How do I start ppp without being root
> 
> I don't like having to SU everytime I start PPP.
> I did a chmod o+x on all the ppp-scripts and I checked that pppd is
> other+x, but still if I try to start ppp as anything other than root, I get
> permission denied.  How can I change this?
> 
> #2
> How do I get my prompt to change when I 'su root'?  If I 'su -' it does a
> full login and that works, but that changes my directory and everything.
> 
> Thanks,
> Rog
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