On 2009-05-04 Michael Vogt <[email protected]> wrote: > Package: findutils > Version: 4.4.1-1 > Severity: wishlist > Tags: patch > User: [email protected] > Usertags: origin-ubuntu jaunty ubuntu-patch
> *** /tmp/tmpJKR5Ck > In Ubuntu, we've applied the attached patch to achieve the following: > * Merge from debian unstable, remaining changes: > - debian/locate-cron.daily: Test if called by root (LP: #147911), > We thought you might be interested in doing the same. > The rational is: > If you call findutils' /etc/cron.daily/find as normal user, you'll get > no error, but a prompt from "su", which gets called. The label text > for the "su" prompt get suppressed, so this is quite confusing, if you > call the script (out of curiosity) with your normal user. [...] Thanks for the rationale, I had seen the patch and disregarded it since I did not get the point. ;-) Fixed in svn. cu andreas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
