Date: Thu, 8 Jul 2004 21:52:25 +0200 From: "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org> To: Fernando Schapachnik <fernando@mecon.gov.ar> Cc: Brandon Grace <brandon.grace@ntscom.com> Subject: Re: Root users shell == no existant shell /bin/bash Message-ID: <20040708195225.GB761@zaphod.nitro.dk> In-Reply-To: <20040708155519.GH1169@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> References: <20040708153848.GF1169@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar> <!~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAAQalskDVfo0WQ/a0WxfyYA8KAAAAQAAAAf2nUAULtfUGYmBzHXriA/AEAAAAA@ntscom.com> <20040708155519.GH1169@bal740r0.mecon.gov.ar>
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--ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Please don't top post...] On 2004.07.08 12:55:19 -0300, Fernando Schapachnik wrote: > En un mensaje anterior, Brandon Grace escribi=F3: > > For some reason su -c relates to "class" not "command" as in linux. I k= now > > about the booting into single user mode also. This happends to be the > > primary dns server and our secondary doesn't have the capacity to handl= e all > > the queries. Any other suggestions? > > Looks like a bug in the man page: > > su - root -c id > Password: ******** > uid=3D0(root) gid=3D0(wheel) groups=3D0(wheel), 2(kmem), 3(sys), 4(tty), = 5(operator), > 20(staff), 31(guest) No the manual page is correct; what's happening here is that su handles the "- root" arguments, and "-c id" is being passed to root's login shell where -c tells the shell to run the rest of the arguments as run commands. That is, at least the behavior of -c both for sh and tcsh. --=20 Simon L. Nielsen FreeBSD Documentation Team --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFA7aX5h9pcDSc1mlERAj1hAKCYFsSlhUo82ag6dDkYMDdNjWv9RQCfc9fu e1do5aGo8/wXPj5mxxAlE4I= =39d9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--
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