Re: bug found in "su"

[Jim Meyering]

Bram Bruneel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
| I'm not sure if it's bug in su but it is quite scary ...
| when I do the command "su -c ls&" su asks for a password but it displays
| the password on the prompt !
| This happens with every command you give with the & .

It's not a bug.
To get the behavior you want, quote the command:

  su -c 'ls &'