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bug#10317: PING - bug#10317: patch to su: -l and -p should not be used t
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Jim Meyering |
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bug#10317: PING - bug#10317: patch to su: -l and -p should not be used together |
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Fri, 04 May 2012 14:22:52 +0200 |
Jim Meyering wrote:
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> I tried to use the su from coreutils (with or without your patch)
> and found that it does not work when it attempts to authenticate.
> E.g., it cannot su to any user on this Fedora 17 system.
I've just realized my (silly!) error.
For su to do its job, it must be set-UID root,
and I was running src/su, a non-set-UID file, in place.
bug#10317: PING - bug#10317: patch to su: -l and -p should not be used together,
Jim Meyering <=