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  1. Bug #1197395
  2. Comment #78

Comment 78 for bug 1197395

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In , Marek (marek-redhat-bugs) wrote :

On a F15 boxes I get:

[root@box ~]# echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root
[root@box ~]# su - username
[username@box ~]$ echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/username
[username@box ~]$ exit
logout
[root@box ~]# echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root
[root@box ~]# su username
[username@box root]$ echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/username

And on F16 boxes:

[root@box ~]# echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root
[root@box ~]# su - username
[username@box ~]$ echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root
[username@box ~]$ exit
logout
[root@box ~]# echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root
[root@box ~]# su username
[username@box root]$ echo $XDG_RUNTIME_DIR
/run/user/root

So something definitely changed in the way "su" works.