Path variable not sticking while I su around 1

[skiflyer]

Perhaps this is intended behavior, but if so I'd like to break it.

I've set the PATH variable in both
/etc/profile
and
/root/.profile

And when I ssh to my machine and login as any user, including root, and echo $PATH, everything looks great.

However, as soon as I start su'ing to different users the path changes to
/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games

Is there a way to set my path such that it sticks when I switch users?

 

[sedj]

Do you do "su" or "su -" ? Adding the minus switch runs the profile aswell.

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[skiflyer]

That's what I was looking for... thanks so much.