Date: Tue, 28 Jan 1997 10:00:02 +0100 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: chuckr@Glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey) Cc: eagriff@global2000.net (Eric A. Griff), current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Can't get `.' off of root's path Message-ID: <Mutt.19970128100002.j@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970127235829.2592A-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu>; from Chuck Robey on Jan 28, 1997 00:02:57 -0500 References: <Pine.BSF.3.95.970127234742.5690A-100000@global2000.net> <Pine.OSF.3.95q.970127235829.2592A-100000@uplink.eng.umd.edu>
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As Chuck Robey wrote: > In both cases, su > complains about relative components in the path, whether they are there or > not. I'm going to check the su code. No need. Either 1) turn on your brain first :-))) (and think about the sequence, and about which PATH su(1) can examine at all), or 2) go back and re-read my followup in this thread. Finally, you'll end up with either removing the dot from the PATH of the invoking user (_NOT_ of the _invoked_ user!), or you gotta live with the warning (or you hack su to no longer warn you...). -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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