[Discuss] root privileges

[SJF]

Below is the output (on Konsule) when I wanted to see what the order of my DNS 
search was. 

fisher at fishhead:~> su
Password:
fishhead:/home/fisher # /etc/resolv.conf
bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied
fishhead:/home/fisher #

I don't understand why the 'permission response' comes up? Does not 'su' plus 
the password take me into root privileges? What am I missing please.

I am working with SLED 10.1 (Suse) and KDE if that makes any difference.

Thanks,
Stan Fisher