problem with su

[Remko Lodder]

Eric Yellin wrote:

> When I "su -m" and login as root, all I get in the prompt is a % sign. My
> normal user shell is tcsh and the prompt looks like this:
> [eric at www4]/home/eric(29): but this is not kept when I su -m.
> How can I change this?
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 
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Hi Eric,

When you use `su -` you say to the su program, "Let me own the root 
profile and give it's settings to me, dropping my own settings".
use `su` if you want to say using your current settings.

Cheers