Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 08:52:49 +0200 From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za> To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com> Cc: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM>, Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>, Mark Murray <markm@freefall.freebsd.org>, CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrbin@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/su su.c Message-ID: <199603120652.IAA07022@grumble.grondar.za>
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"Jordan K. Hubbard" wrote: > First, the -c option is undocumented. If you get a usage string out > of it, it won't list -c among the supported options, nor is it in the > man page. It is not actually a su option, it is directly passed as an option to the subshell. Its mentioned in my manpage (-current/international). Maybe I'd better bring that over. > Second, it doesn't seem to work in the absence of a username anymore, > e.g. you can't say: > > su -c id Right. > To run the command as root. These two factors led me to believe > that it was still unimplemented. The advantages of accurate docs! M -- Mark Murray 46 Harvey Rd, Claremont, Cape Town 7700, South Africa +27 21 61-3768 GMT+0200 Finger mark@grondar.za for PGP key
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