[CLUE-Tech] trouble with less as user root

[Jay Seven Ess]

On Friday 22 August 2003 22:10, Jason S. Friedman wrote:
> A bizarre problem.
>
> The 'less' program works for the following:
> non-root user on machine A
>     root user on machine B
> non-root user on machine A
>
> The root user on machine B, when using less, sees text fly past,
> hears a beep, and gets a prompt back.

root or $su to root?

E.