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su - user -c = doesn't use env!
Name: Jodie Date: November 27, 2001 at 09:35:53 Pacific
Comment:
I have a script which has a command like this: su - mqm -c "cd $HOME/scripts;./startmqm.ksh" However, when this command executes, the value of $HOME is that of the user that executed the "su" command, not of user "mqm". Is this the way command resolution has always worked for "su"? I know that switching to single quotes will resolve the problem, but this command used to work as written, so the change is confusing.
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