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    Please see unix.stackexchange.com/questions/7013/… Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 18:08
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    They're the same because the path for your normal user is already the same as that for root. Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 19:38
  • What distribution/operating system? The exact answer depends, for example the defaults are different for Red Hat/Fedora and Debian/Ubuntu. Commented Feb 23, 2011 at 20:59
  • Note that Debian people have changed the su program since this question was written and answered. unix.stackexchange.com/q/460478/5132 Commented Feb 21, 2019 at 16:12