Re: Trick to avoid su mistakes

[Vigil <v1g1l barrysworld com>]

Or type 'id'.

Ronald Kuetemeier had the audacity to claim:

>To make sure you know when you are root, create a gnome-terminal profile
>for root.  Maybe red as the background, or whatever you like.
>Then add the following to your .bashrc, if you use bash. Or always type
>it in :-) ...
>Should be on ONE line.
>
>alias su='if [ $TERM == "xterm" ]; then gnome-terminal
>--window-with-profile=root -e su;else su;fi'
>
>This creates a new gnome-terminal with the profile root and executes su
>in that terminal.  You could also create a new tab in the existing
>terminal, see docs ...
>
>Hope this helps,
>Ronald


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