Re: Alternate db location

Kostis Mentzelos wrote:
> I believe that su user -c command throws away the environment

Changes some of the environment. For example $HOME will point to the
new user home. The command will be executed with the new user's shell
as defined in /etc/passwd. Retains most of the exported variables from
the previous user id.

> su - user -c command executes the user .profile

Set's the environment according to the new 'user' id's environment,
depending on the shell used, it's not necessarily going to be .profile.
Exported variables from the previous id are lost.

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