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From: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@×××××××××.net>
To: Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-dev] re: current su being used.
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 10:29:56
Message-Id: 1000571365.8905.12.camel@nosferatu.lan
1 >> I would like to inquire why /bin/su from the shadow tools >> is used
2 and
3 >> not /bin/su form sh-utils ?
4
5 >> The problem i have is thus: su from shadow do not set env >> strings
6 >> correctly (to name one: $USER), where su from sh-utils do.
7
8 >> Any possibility for this to be rectified ?
9
10 ok, like i said in a earlier post, made a mistake ('su -' ;-))
11
12 problem now is: my sh-utils got merged after shadow, and although
13 sh-utils's /bin/su is removed, its manpage is not, thus adding in my
14 confusion.
15
16 .diff to correct sh-utils-2.0j-r4.ebuild:
17 ---------------------cut here--------------------------
18 *** sh-utils-2.0j-r4.ebuild.orig Sat Sep 15 18:25:41 2001
19 --- sh-utils-2.0j-r4.ebuild Sat Sep 15 18:26:26 2001
20 ***************
21 *** 60,65 ****
22 --- 60,66 ----
23 fi
24 #we use the /bin/su from the sys-apps/shadow package
25 rm ${D}/bin/su
26 + rm ${D}/usr/share/man/man1/su.1.gz
27 }
28 ---------------------cut here--------------------------
29
30 greetings
31 MS

Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-dev] re: current su being used. Karl Trygve Kalleberg <karltk@×××××××.no>
Re: [gentoo-dev] re: current su being used. Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o>