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Re: su 5.2.1 does not invoke bash as a login shell when stdin is from a


From: Eric Blake
Subject: Re: su 5.2.1 does not invoke bash as a login shell when stdin is from a pipe
Date: Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:06:34 -0600
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According to Angel Tsankov on 9/9/2006 7:37 AM:
> Hello!
> 
> There seems to be a problem with su from coreutils 5.2.1 that manifests
> itself in su not invoking bash as a login shell in the following scenario:

coreutils 5.2.1 is outdated.  The latest stable version is 5.97, and beta
6.1 is also available.

That said, there has been talk in the coreutils mailing list of removing
support for su, as other open source packages provide su implementations
with more features.

- --
Life is short - so eat dessert first!

Eric Blake             address@hidden
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