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To: Robert Eckardt <roberte@mep.ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
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Subject: Re: su problem 
In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 07 Oct 1996 03:44:55 +0200."
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Date: Sun, 06 Oct 1996 19:21:30 -0700
From: Amancio Hasty <hasty@rah.star-gate.com>
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>From The Desk Of Robert Eckardt :
> > Robert Eckardt stands accused of saying:
> [..]
> > > >   su -l hasty -c "<something>"
> > > 
> > > It would be nice if this would work.
> > > I was searching for that feature since the time I changed
> > > from SysVr3.2 to FreeBSD. (And it's not in the manpage.)
> > > 
> > > Is the missing ability to execute commands like sh BSD-specific
> > > or a security precaution ?
> > 
> > It's not missing.  We do a bunch of :
> 
> Ok, I cancel and declare the opposite. :-)
> 
> I tested this with every system/version and it worked everywhere
> except on FreeBSD.
> Q: Why ?


Because there is a bug in su.c which if you don't define TERM it crashes
see my previous ... I just posted it!!

	Amancio