I just ran across this issue in a different way, where it wasn't obvious
what was going on. Basically, I confused my su syntax and ran something
like
% su andrew id
Password:
/usr/bin/id: /usr/bin/id: cannot execute binary file
What a baffling message that is! It looks like a system error (rather
than an arbitrary decision by bash), and bash doesn't even mention that
it's involved. A clear message would have saved me some grief.
Andrew
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