Date: Sun, 09 Apr 1995 17:53:54 -0700
From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@freefall.cdrom.com>
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject: Re: should su retain ${DISPLAY}
Message-ID: <22604.797475234@freefall.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sun, 09 Apr 95 18:52:42 %2B0200." <199504091652.SAA07493@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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> As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > Your right, it should completely reset the environment as if it was a fre sh > > > login. Speaking of su, why the hell doesnt FreeBSD's su support -c cmd l ike > > > every other su on the planet? > > > > Hmmmm. Therein lies a mystery! > > > > I believe we lost this in the 1.x transition! :-( > > We've never had it. The word `every' in the above sentence must be > `every second'. Actually, yes, we have had it.. :-) Barry Morris (bsm@freebsd.org) did indeed hack it into su back in the 1.x days.. Jordan
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