Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 22:26:05 -0600 From: Kevin Kinsey <kdk@daleco.biz> To: John Public <jhnpublic@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: su command problem Message-ID: <4248D8DD.6000507@daleco.biz> In-Reply-To: <20050328214946.5092.qmail@web50110.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20050328214946.5092.qmail@web50110.mail.yahoo.com>
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John Public wrote: >I'm apologize for being unclear. Let me try again. I >have not modified the mysql-server.sh script in any >way. The 'su -m mysql -c date' line is merely an >example of what I used to see if 'su' is having a >problem. All that line does is run the 'date' command >as the mysql user. I used this for testing between >the 5.3 system and the 5.2.1 system to see if there >was a difference. > >Indeed there was a difference. On the 5.2.1 system >the command ran 'date' w/o any problem and then >returned control to the root shell, but on the 5.3 >system, it su'ed me to the mysql account, but did not >execute the 'date' command and stayed w/ the mysql >account. > >This is how I have come to the conclusion that it has >something to do w/ the su command or security relating >to it, rather than the scripts which are used to run >mysql or nagios. I guess I'm trying to determine if >this is a bug in the 'su' command or if there is a >security setting somewhere in 5.3 which changes the >behavior of 'su'. > >Thanks again for your attention. >John > > So, we need to check on a few things between the two systems; I'd start with the contents of /etc/passwd, which should be the same on both machines. FWIW, I can't reproduce the "problem" on 5.3 nor 4.11, as long as I'm running as root or using sudo. Running without privileges gives a "Password" prompt, as expected.... Kevin Kinsey
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