[Xfce-bugs] [Bug 1279] Regular Users cannot Change Settings in Xfce

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------- Additional Comments From bjt23 at cornell.edu  2005-12-21 00:54 UTC -------
Right, as it should be.  If you want variables to get reset at the appropriate
shell invocation, you need to put them in the proper startup files.  There is
well-documented (though often confusing) behavior as to what files bash sources
when started in different ways.

On a side note, common practice dictates logging in as a regular user, and using
'su' or 'sudo' to gain root privileges only when absolutely necessary.  I'll
admit that your situation is annoying, but it's far from the common case, and
there's no easy workaround from within Xfce.

(On another side note, I long ago set a bash alias for 'su' as 'su -' so I
wouldn't have to worry about env var resetting issues.  I haven't yet
encountered any problems with this approach.)

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