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Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:16:59 -0400 (EDT)
From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@lcs.mit.edu>
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To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org>
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Subject: Re: misc/39382: Passwd will not work when root su's into a user.
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<<On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 13:10:02 -0700 (PDT), "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <danm@prime.gushi.org> said:

>  Okay, so then shouldn't su -l do a setlogin()?
 
No.  setlogin() may only be performed by the session leader.

-GAWollman


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