Date: Tue, 14 Jan 1997 20:30:02 +1100 From: davidn@unique.usn.blaze.net.au (David Nugent) To: peter@hw.nl (Peter Korsten) Cc: kargl@troutmask.apl.washington.edu (Steven G. Kargl), freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su appears broken? Message-ID: <Mutt.19970114203002.davidn@labs.blaze.net.au> In-Reply-To: <199701140826.JAA11870@orac.hw.nl>; from Peter Korsten on Jan 14, 1997 09:26:16 %2B0100 References: <199701140646.WAA29600@troutmask.apl.washington.edu> <199701140826.JAA11870@orac.hw.nl>
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Peter Korsten writes: > I barely dare ask, but is the x bit of tcsh set? :-) No the bug was real. I have no idea why tcsh reacted like it did, but the end effect of a stray '~' was that su could only su to root, and not to a non-root account. The fix was just committed. Regards, David Nugent - Unique Computing Pty Ltd - Melbourne, Australia Voice +61-3-9791-9547 Data/BBS +61-3-9792-3507 3:632/348@fidonet davidn@freebsd.org davidn@blaze.net.au http://www.blaze.net.au/~davidn/
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