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Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:21:20 +0100
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From: Bob Bishop <rb@gid.co.uk>
Subject: su broken?
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Hi,

su appears to be asking for a password when invoked by root, eg:

# su bin -c "pwd"
Password:

Broken, surely?


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