Date: Mon, 25 Aug 1997 22:05:12 +0200 (SAT) From: sheldonh@iafrica.com To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: docs/4383: su manpage ambiguous regarding command prompt Message-ID: <199708252005.WAA08992@axl.iafrica.com> Resent-Message-ID: <199708252010.NAA06311@hub.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 4383 >Category: docs >Synopsis: su manpage ambiguous regarding command prompt >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Aug 25 13:10:00 PDT 1997 >Last-Modified: >Originator: Sheldon Hearn >Organization: NYFB >Release: FreeBSD 2.2-STABLE i386 >Environment: 2.2-STABLE >Description: Existing su(1) manpage misleadingly implies that the su program itself changes the super-user command prompt to '#'. | By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the | super-user prompt is set to ``#'' to remind one of its awesome | power. >How-To-Repeat: man su >Fix: Clearly note that su itself does nothing to the command prompt. Apply the following patch to su.1 : --- su.1.ORIG Wed Aug 13 08:38:16 1997 +++ su.1 Mon Aug 25 21:25:42 1997 @@ -157,10 +157,19 @@ .Dq root , unless this group is empty. .Pp -By default (unless the prompt is reset by a startup file) the super-user -prompt is set to -.Dq Sy \&# -to remind one of its awesome power. +When using +.Nm +to become super-user, note that the invoked shell dictates the new +command prompt and not +.Nm su . +Even when +.Nm +is invoked with the +.Fl l +option, the command prompt is still determined by the shell's startup +files, specifically their manipulation of the +.Ev PS1 +variable. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr csh 1 , .Xr kerberos 1 , >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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